Last year, the approximately 20 million Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) remitted $69 bn to India. That is 3% of the GDP. This ensured the Current Account Deficit remained within the 2% range, as opposed to what should have been 5%. Per Capital Economics, a research group, remittances will further rise by 5-6% in future and the Current account deficit will remain within 2.5% of GDP.
The Hormuz closure wasn't a miscalculation — it was the missing piece. With maritime routes uninsurable and IMEC the last corridor standing, Trump has seized control of global trade infrastructure through a private governance body accountable to no one but its chairman for life.
India's Ujjwala Yojana gave 100 million poor women clean cooking fuel and changed rural life forever. But every cylinder traveled through a single 33-kilometer strait. No reserve was built. No alternative was prepared. When Hormuz closed, the real catastrophe unfolded.
Examination infrastructure provided by TCS has shown to be compromised by groups within and from outside. It is time to consider these companies as "National Champions" and brought under proper security regulations.
Four years. Nine FIRs. A Malaysia-linked handler. A WhatsApp targeting dashboard. And a company that holds the keys to JEE, NEET, and India's banking exams. Is TCS Nashik case merely a workplace scandal? No. It is organized civilizational and economic warfare against Hindu India.
