The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
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In a big snub to Arvind Kejriwal, the Ministry of External Affairs has not provided the political clearance to him for attending the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen from October 9-12th, 2019.
The summit is being billed as a “global coalition of leading cities, businesses and citizens that rallies around the radical and ambitious climate action our planet needs“.
The reason given for rejection was that based on “multiple inputs” and taking into account the nature of the event and participation from other countries, the political clearance was not provided.
Raveesh Kumar, MEA: A considered decision on political clearance by the Ministry of External Affairs is based on multiple inputs and takes into account the nature of the event, the level of participation by other countries, type of invitation extended, etc. https://t.co/pKlA6Xm7eZ
The wording of the Ministry’s External Affairs statement is very interesting. It is quite obvious that there was a plan underway by Kejriwal to use the trip for many things, other than just attending the conference. He was going to be part of an eight-member delegation. West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim was, however, given the clearance.
Given how Shah Faesal had earlier tried to get out of India to create mischief outside and was stopped, one has the feeling that a summit which will be attended by the prominent bleeding heart democrats, it is possible that he had an agenda to do something embarrassing against India and its government. Also read – Watch how Arvind Kejriwal plays the Pakistani Game in Delhi
Otherwise, one wonders why was no one from the Government, and specifically the BJP run states invited? Why only from Kolkata and Delhi? So, quite honestly, for Kejriwal Copenhagen can wait.
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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