India-Russia Relations

jetray said:
Another one of those feel good statements by Indian govt. They act as if they discovered russia in 2024. Once the sanctions hit russsia, western firms exited and the chinese took over their place. Meanwhile India dint even bother to aggressively compete with china , they were more afraid of uncle sam. But once uncle sam showed India its place they are now rushing to find new markets.

If India has to increase its exports or get technology it has to fight tooth & nail for every market instead of kowtowing to EU & US . Our bureaucracy which has been totally compromised by west will never allow any actions to taken in our best interest. Modi talks about "Macaulay" in education but conveniently forgets about "curzons" in bureaucracy.
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This will delve into Indian politics, but Beauracracy has become a syndicate. And nothing short of 2/3rd majority of a "anti-red tape" govt will have a fighting chance against it.

Otherwise Beauracracy have their cards to play. 1) Unions 2) opposition 3) the most important.. the lower rung will start doing even a poorer job. Seems impossible, given the low bar they have set but don't underestimate the power of an uncommon man. Breeding discontent.

If you look at last 10 years, while opposition cry institutional capture, it's actually the opposite. The institutions are being insulated from Beauracrats and vested interests themselves. It happens through clear SOPs, audit trail, digitisation and changing user-govt dynamics through online interaction. That has vastly reduced loopholes. The problem still present though is that the small level parshads, MLA's, Mafia etc... even the BJP ones are complicity in so much crime that the push for digitisation and reforms scares them. Its these level of politicians that most people interact and face problems with. Wether it's land encroachment by collusion. Pocketing govt scheme funds etc. So, the current pace of cleaning these loopholes will require 20-30 years to completely free people from the grasp of local thugs.
 
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This will delve into Indian politics, but Beauracracy has become a syndicate. And nothing short of 2/3rd majority of a "anti-red tape" govt will have a fighting chance against it.

Otherwise Beauracracy have their cards to play. 1) Unions 2) opposition 3) the most important.. the lower rung will start doing even a poorer job. Seems impossible, given the low bar they have set but don't underestimate the power of an uncommon man. Breeding discontent.

If you look at last 10 years, while opposition cry institutional capture, it's actually the opposite. The institutions are being insulated from Beauracrats and vested interests themselves. It happens through clear SOPs, audit trail, digitisation and changing user-govt dynamics through online interaction. That has vastly reduced loopholes. The problem still present though is that the small level parshads, MLA's, Mafia etc... even the BJP ones are complicity in so much crime that the push for digitisation and reforms scares them. Its these level of politicians that most people interact and face problems with. Wether it's land encroachment by collusion. Pocketing govt scheme funds etc. So, the current pace of cleaning these loopholes will require 20-30 years to completely free people from the grasp of local thugs.
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completely free people from the grasp of local thugs. No country has ever been freed from corruption. Corruption is just greed which is quite literally the basics of human nature. What we can do is digitize everything to the point where the human middle point is not needed.
Local thugs will always be here but We can significantly reduce their scale and their power. Which is why digitization of the indian economy is revolutionary and in 20-30 yrs while we wont be completely freed from local thugs they will simply be unable to do a lot of the things they are doing today.
 
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lmaoxd said:
completely free people from the grasp of local thugs. No country has ever been freed from corruption. Corruption is just greed which is quite literally the basics of human nature. What we can do is digitize everything to the point where the human middle point is not needed.
Local thugs will always be here but We can significantly reduce their scale and their power. Which is why digitization of the indian economy is revolutionary and in 20-30 yrs while we wont be completely freed from local thugs they will simply be unable to do a lot of the things they are doing today.
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You get the gist.
 
lmaoxd said:
completely free people from the grasp of local thugs. No country has ever been freed from corruption. Corruption is just greed which is quite literally the basics of human nature. What we can do is digitize everything to the point where the human middle point is not needed.
Local thugs will always be here but We can significantly reduce their scale and their power. Which is why digitization of the indian economy is revolutionary and in 20-30 yrs while we wont be completely freed from local thugs they will simply be unable to do a lot of the things they are doing today.
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What about a completely replacing currency with a government back digital currency. Sounds dystopian ofcourse but that way the government could just track each and every transaction. It will make taking tax fraud & taking bribe very very difficult. 🤔

Like E-Rupee completely replacing Physical Rupee.
 
redpanda said:
What about a completely replacing currency with a government back digital currency. Sounds dystopian ofcourse but that way the government could just track each and every transaction. It will make taking tax fraud & taking bribe very very difficult. 🤔

Like E-Rupee completely replacing Physical Rupee.
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I mean like.......... we are alr in the process of this happening so..... The issue with this is that your money is not as secure as having something in your had although if quantum compute does help solve this using quantum encryption or continously variable encryption then we might be able to make this work.
 
redpanda said:
What about a completely replacing currency with a government back digital currency. Sounds dystopian ofcourse but that way the government could just track each and every transaction. It will make taking tax fraud & taking bribe very very difficult. 🤔

Like E-Rupee completely replacing Physical Rupee.
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Not feasible in near term. Internet, smartphone, Knowing how to operate, repair facility, redundant infrastructure and so more. Maybe when Gen-Z are in their 40s and 50s.

Then there's cyber frauds, and other various cyber threats. We are talking about currency here. Even a one minute of outage will result in significant damage to economy.

Govt already has done phenomenal work with DPI. Its enough to let it integrate more into society. For bribes and stuff.. it's only detrimental when it happens as a norm or facilitates anti-Indian activities. For that we do not need a digital currency as of now. What we need is Beauracracy being reformed institutionally. Trim down the ladder (no of people/dept. a files move b/w), digitisation along with a central oversight body with political insulation. Systems to flag off things, enforcers only enforce, Not decide when to act based on preference. Clear SOPs for every institution. Etc.

Remove Job security but insulated them from political diktat with clear cut mandatory code on promotions, transfer etc, that even a politician can't override easily. Perhaps with increased digitisation.. have more refrendums ( start with pilot project) etc.

Eliminate land mafia. Again, digitisation helps but the current pradhans, sarpanch, mla, babu, bahubali are resisting this process.
Many more things
 
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sadly all of this needs political will and while our dudes can act dumb they are not. They will not cut of their largest source of income just like that. It needs a leader who is insanely strong and insanely devoted to the betterment of the people. A combo so unlikely its nearly impossible
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Not feasible in near term. Internet, smartphone, Knowing how to operate, repair facility, redundant infrastructure and so more. Maybe when Gen-Z are in their 40s and 50s.

Then there's cyber frauds, and other various cyber threats. We are talking about currency here. Even a one minute of outage will result in significant damage to economy.

Govt already has done phenomenal work with DPI. Its enough to let it integrate more into society. For bribes and stuff.. it's only detrimental when it happens as a norm or facilitates anti-Indian activities. For that we do not need a digital currency as of now. What we need is Beauracracy being reformed institutionally. Trim down the ladder (no of people/dept. a files move b/w), digitisation along with a central oversight body with political insulation. Systems to flag off things, enforcers only enforce, Not decide when to act based on preference. Clear SOPs for every institution. Etc.

Remove Job security but insulated them from political diktat with clear cut mandatory code on promotions, transfer etc, that even a politician can't override easily. Perhaps with increased digitisation.. have more refrendums ( start with pilot project) etc.

Eliminate land mafia. Again, digitisation helps but the current pradhans, sarpanch, mla, babu, bahubali are resisting this process.
Many more things
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I thought non-military grade steel was something India was good at. Surprised that India is a net importer.

Seriously poor planning by Tata and the other private players in the Steel sector for not forecasting the demand correctly. Factories should have planned in the pipeline ahead of the need. Hope some babu out there is looking at incentivizing more production in the country and removing any barriers (environmental, nimbyism, etc.)
 
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I thought Putin's India visit was a nothing burger, but this video changed my mind. I urge you to give it a view. Key points:

1. RELOS Pact. Future Arctic route and training for India.
2. Improving Indian food yield.
3. JV on Nuc tech and SMRs (civil Poseidon nuclear reactor, lol)
4. EAEU trade agreement -- as IMEC alternative to Europe.
5. Opportunity for Indian skilled laborers to work in Russia (with protection against being forced into Ukraine, lol)
6. Healthcare cooperation in areas like cancer research, genomics.
7. Joint pharmaceutical production/APIs
8. JV on Fertilizer
9. ITASS training on Information Warfare
10. Indian management of portions of Vladivostock??
11. Joint maritime ship-building and subs
12. University tie-ups
and so on...


 
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