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作者： bharat.cn

  • 印度可把经济危机变成发展机遇

    印度可把经济危机变成发展机遇

    国际货币基金组织（IMF）要求印度在经济下滑的背景下采取“紧急”行动，而中国印度问题专家郁龙余在接受卫星通讯社采访时就此指出，与中国、俄罗斯和其他金砖国家的合作可以成为印度经济增长的强大推动力。

    IMF在其年度审查报告中指出，消费和投资的下降，加上税收减少，是导致这个亚洲和印太地区发展最快的经济体之一——印度经济停滞不前的因素。

    根据来自印度政府官方的数据，从7月到9月印度的经济增速已降至6年来最低，下降4.5％。印度央行已将2019年增长率预期从6.1%下调至5%。印度储备银行已经降息五次，并已降至九年来的最低水平，但仍然未能阻止经济下滑。12月初央行在今年最后一次会议上，宣布保留贴现率不变，让国际货币基金组织感到失望和不解。

    观察人士认为，今年美国与印度开打贸易战的迹象可能会给印度出口导向型公司带来强大心理压力。美国取消印度最惠国待遇已经关闭了印度每年向美国出口高达56亿美元商品的大门。而印度在此之前是该制度的最大受益者之一。

    现在印度正试图从美国那里重新获得贸易优惠，显然是希望促进出口增长，进而增加财政收入。

    经济疲软显然也是印度代表在有关筹备区域全面经济伙伴关系协定（RCEP）的谈判中表现出来的紧张的原因。“印度和中国在这一机制框架内合作可能是印度增长的潜在动力，” 莫斯科国立国际关系学院专家叶卡捷琳娜·阿拉波娃在接受采访时说指出，“印度还受益于扩大同参与RCEP谈判的亚洲合作伙伴的互动。”

  • India lashes out at Malaysia over PM’s ‘ill-informed’ remarks about citizenship bill

    New Delhi has reportedly summoned Malaysia’s envoy after the country’s prime minister made critical comments about India’s new citizenship act, describing his remarks as erroneous and harmful.

    The Malaysian ambassador was told that Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s objections to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are both “ill-informed and insensitive,” an Indian official told the Times of India newspaper.

    In an earlier statement, India’s ministry of external affairs said that the Malaysian leader had interfered in a matter “entirely internal to India,” and stressed that the legislation fast-tracks naturalization for persecuted minorities from neighboring Muslim-majority states, and has no bearing on those who are already citizens of India.

    “The Prime Minister of Malaysia’s comment is factually inaccurate. We call upon Malaysia to refrain from commenting on internal developments in India, especially without a right understanding of the facts,” the statement said.

    The Malaysian leader had criticized the new law while speaking on the sidelines of a summit in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

    “I am sorry to see that India, which claims to be a secular state now is taking action to deprive some Muslims of their citizenship… People are dying because of this law,” he claimed.

    Ongoing nationwide rallies against the CAA have turned violent and have already claimed seventeen lives, according to reports. While protesters see the law as discriminatory against Muslims, the Indian government says it is only aimed at protecting persecuted minorities.

  • ‘Lies & rumors’ being spread over citizenship bill, Modi tells huge crowd at Delhi rally

    Recent unrest over a new citizenship law has been fueled by misinformation spread by opposition parties, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed while speaking to supporters who gathered in Delhi.

    Tens of thousands of people attended the Sunday rally for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.

    Speaking to the crowd, the Indian PM said that protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) have been “incited” by political parties “spreading rumors” about the legislation, ANI reported.

    He accused his rivals of stoking fears that Muslims would be rounded up and sent to detention centers and called on people to read the Act in detail.

    “Respect your education, read what is the Citizenship Amendment Act… You are educated,” he said.

    The government claims that the law aims to protect persecuted religious minorities by fast-tracking citizenship for refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Critics say the bill is discriminatory because it does not include Muslims.

    Opening his remarks by saying “unity in diversity is India’s specialty,” Modi stressed that Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians have all benefited from India’s secular constitution.

    One thousand police officers, as well as anti-drone teams, were deployed to provide security for the event, local media reported.

    Demonstrators against the CAA haven’t stopped protesting in cities and towns across India since the Act was ratified by parliament on December 11, with some rallies turning extremely violent and claiming at least 21 lives.