https://twitter.com/timesofindia/status/1742187814639513945?s=19

  • mughaloid@lemmygrad.ml
    hexagon
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    11 months ago

    Russia got duped by India where India promised to build large ship tankers for Russia. I just don't understand how Russia agreed on it. It's a total scam from India's side. India will not pay Yuan because of it's racism and nationalism but it doesn't have a credible currency to back their transfers.

    • knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 months ago

      INR in itself shouldn't be terrible at least as part of a currency mix, my understanding was the rupees used to pay Russia were blocked currency and only usable for Indian exports, which Russia has only limited use for.

      • mughaloid@lemmygrad.ml
        hexagon
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        11 months ago

        Correct, INR is a dead currency for Russia. Because Russia needs good amount of automobiles, high grade finished products which India has none.

        • juchenecromancer@lemmygrad.ml
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          11 months ago

          After liberalization destroyed the little industry India had developed during state capitalism we basically had nothing to offer the world except for cheap software engineers.

              • machiabelly [she/her]
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                11 months ago

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Indian_economic_crisis

                this is rough

                • juchenecromancer@lemmygrad.ml
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                  10 months ago

                  Liberalization was around August I believe so the crisis you linked wasn't a direct result of the liberalization. Its evils took a while to accumulate, but I know family members whose former prosperous factory cities have become ghost towns due to deindustrialization after the License Raj ended.