Indian Economy

[shuturmurg]

Finally trade surplus this month mainly due to services exports and falling importsView attachment 27769

Some of it is due to falling price of Oil, but even adjusting for that, if you see the full report, merchandise exports are flat. That is problematic.

 

[shuturmurg]

I agree with this. India should have strict control on options and algorithmic trading. Even in China, DeepSeek came of a algorithmic trading company because Chnese govt. heavily started cracking down on what kind of trading can be done, causing the firm to pivot to LLM as they anyways had some top AI and Maths guys.


View: https://x.com/svembu/status/1901809723156123878

 

[ezsasa]

no jail, only fines for tax defaulters
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CBDT makes all Income Tax offences compoundable, eases rules for defaulters

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

 

[Migflug]

A China problem is hampering rating headroom of India's steel giants

Fitch Ratings downgrades JSW Steel and Tata Steel due to pressures from cheap Chinese imports and aggressive global tariff policies. Despite rising domestic steel demand, both companies may face persistent margin pressures. Potential government measures and deferral of capital expenditures could...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[Prasad]

That means we need to raise tariffs against Chinese goods and APIs and find a way to lower the cost of productions of APIs in India by making larger bulk orders.

Some of the problems with API's include need a lot of water and produce a lot of waste. Right now it's also about the capacity as well.

This is not some thing that can fixed in the short term or near term. It will need lot of capital, resources and technology for prolonged period to become competitive with Chinese ones.

Raising tariffs will hurt Indian pharma, immensely.

 

[crazywithmath]

I don't think shrinking goods trade is a good thing at all.

Falling petroleum prices. Non petroleum export growth is more than decent.

Some of it is due to falling price of Oil, but even adjusting for that, if you see the full report, merchandise exports are flat.

Patently false. We were having this exact discussion about a month back, non petroleum exports were growing at impressive pace FYTD (till January, 2025). Yet to analyze February data but one month should not alter the trend too much.

 

[Nutcracker]

Stats for Non-petroleum , non-gems

 

[trombone]

is there any truth in this or fear mongering?

Bengaluru’s IT Layoffs Spark Housing and Economic Crisis

Bengaluru, India’s premier technology hub, is facing an unprecedented job crisis as mass layoffs sweep the IT sector. A combination of cost-cutting measures and the growing adoption of AI.

newskarnataka.com

https://www.financialexpress.com/jobs-career/bengaluru-job-crisis-over-50000-it-employees-laid-off-in-2024-real-estate-hit-hard-3780129/

 

[eastern_bhartiya]

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is there any truth in this or fear mongering?

Bengaluru’s IT Layoffs Spark Housing and Economic Crisis

Bengaluru, India’s premier technology hub, is facing an unprecedented job crisis as mass layoffs sweep the IT sector. A combination of cost-cutting measures and the growing adoption of AI.

newskarnataka.com

https://www.financialexpress.com/jobs-career/bengaluru-job-crisis-over-50000-it-employees-laid-off-in-2024-real-estate-hit-hard-3780129/

I wouldn't take an economy piece from a generalist paper, that seriously. If there are layoffs happening due to A.I then it would become clear after like 1-2 quarters, it feels like just regular layoffs that happen periodically and everyone freaks-out.

Although bangalore itself might be losing some IT investment to places like Hyderabad and Gurgaon.