In his speech, Modi spoke about energy, critical minerals, electronics, defence and fertilisers. That is a more strategic approach than Nehru’s across-the-board one.
India has silently acknowledged that the US is helpful in some ways, but also a roadblock in others. Both China and the US have an unspoken interest in slowing down India’s rise.
Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
How could it not be so. Eighty years have passed, the world has changed, so has India. A better framing of the question would be, why is India so diffident towards full throated economic reforms. Maharashtra itself could equal Vietnam. There should be no export diffidence. Name one developing country which has prospered by looking inwards.
How could it not be so. Eighty years have passed, the world has changed, so has India. A better framing of the question would be, why is India so diffident towards full throated economic reforms. Maharashtra itself could equal Vietnam. There should be no export diffidence. Name one developing country which has prospered by looking inwards.
One is a third-rate socialist, the other one is a fourth-rate socialist.