As the 2024 parliamentary election approaches the Indian political scene is heating up rapidly. The sitting prime minister Narendra Modi doesn’t want to lose election at any cost and he and his party are making all desperate attempts to defeat their political opponents by hook or crook. All institutions are subverted and being used for […]
Author Archives: Madhusudan Raj
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Mar
Mar
The general idea of protectionism is based on a notion that somehow banning or restricting trade will benefit society or a particular industry. The Encyclopedia of Brittanica defines protectionism as a policy of protecting domestic industries against foreign competition by means of tariffs, subsidies, import quotas, or other restrictions or handicaps placed on the imports […]
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Jan
Jan
The state assembly elections of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and some of the by-poll elections are over in India and the results are out. In 2023 more state assembly elections in states like Madhya Pradesh etc., are going to be conducted. Not a year passes by in India when some or the other election is not […]
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Nov
Nov
After the Indian GDP – in nominal cash terms according to exchange rate adjusted basis – overtook the UK GDP a few months back India’s prime minister Narendra Modi said, Achieving this spot is special as we have left behind those who ruled over us for 250 years. Another newspaper proclaimed, The timing couldn’t have […]
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Oct
Oct
The amazing Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is trying very hard to somehow defend the abysmal economic performance of her government. As I have mentioned in my past writings, the Indian rupee will continue to slide because of the crazy money printing sprees by the Indian central bank RBI, and RBI is forced to print […]