Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
The MPC could use this to keep cutting rates, to support growth. However, this would be a good time for the economic team to conduct an honest review of how the first Budget has been received, how widely it is believed to have been a missed opportunity. Locking in another five years of indifferent economic growth is simply not an option. The buzz and excitement over India’s first lady FM has subsided almost completely. Ms Rupa Subramanya has tweeted how twenty years ago, the global buzz was all about China and how that holds true today as well. There was a genuine opportunity to inject India forcefully into the conversation. That has not happened so far.
The MPC could use this to keep cutting rates, to support growth. However, this would be a good time for the economic team to conduct an honest review of how the first Budget has been received, how widely it is believed to have been a missed opportunity. Locking in another five years of indifferent economic growth is simply not an option. The buzz and excitement over India’s first lady FM has subsided almost completely. Ms Rupa Subramanya has tweeted how twenty years ago, the global buzz was all about China and how that holds true today as well. There was a genuine opportunity to inject India forcefully into the conversation. That has not happened so far.