作者: bharat.cn

  • 印度想构建“自立经济圈”

    印度总理莫迪自新型冠状病毒疫情扩大以后,开始强调在本国内打造自主独立的经济圈的构想。背景是新冠疫情的影响加剧,供应链陷入崩溃,同时以边境冲突为契机,印度出现了排除中国企业的动向。对印度来说,中国是最大进口对象国,如何降低对中国的依存度成为焦点。

     

    “新冠病毒令世界崩溃,也在迫使印度自立。必须将危机变为商机”,5月12日,莫迪在电视演讲中提出了20万亿卢比(约合人民币1.9万亿元)的经济刺激举措。他提出振兴当地的制造业和农业,同时构建印度国内供应链的方针。“自立经济圈”构想首次浮出水面。

     

    作为新冠疫情防控对策,拥有排在世界第2位的13亿人口的印度3月25日起实施全境封锁。不过,由于国民缺乏思想准备,印度经济陷入混乱。

     

    “无法把牛奶送到消费者手中”,当地电视台自4月起连续播出农户将新鲜牛奶倒入河中、蔬菜在仓库里腐烂的画面。由于突如其来的全境封锁,供应链陷入功能紊乱。

     

    在印度,连接农村和城市的物流原本就很脆弱,能以低温运输的卡车也很少。零部件甚至无法运到工厂。在城市打工的外出务工劳动者也大量被解雇。印度的经济活动崩溃,同时疫情扩大也没有停止。莫迪或许深感必须在国内各个地区建立稳固的经济基础。

     

    “力争使(印度)国内的生产和消费活动与世界的供应链融合起来”,莫迪在7月9日的演讲中对自立经济圈这样解释。作为例子之一,他提及药品产业今后向世界供给开发的疫苗的方案。虽然定义仍模糊不清,但似乎打算在提振国内产业的同时大力发展出口等。

     

    在此期间,6月中旬中印在边境发生冲突,印度军队时隔45年出现伤亡。印度政府为此禁止了中国企业提供的视频APP等的使用。有观点认为,将中国最大通信设备企业华为技术等从印度市场排除出去的措施是“推进自立经济圈的一环”。印度此前过度依赖中国,但以此次的新冠病毒危机为契机,寻求加以改变。

     

    印度2019年度的贸易逆差为1528亿美元,其中对中国逆差占约3成。从2018年印度对各国的进口额来看,中国排在首位,占整体的14%。印度的通信和半导体依赖中国造,无法自主推进产品制造的领域也很多。如果持续抵制中国,印度经济将发生怎样的变化?众多相关人士正密切关注这一前景。

  • Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 37,148 cases in one-day push India’s Covid tally to over 11.55 lakh

    Coronavirus Vaccine India LIVE update: A coronavirus vaccine AstraZeneca developed by the University of Oxford prompted a strong immune response in over a thousand people who had got the shot. Indian medical experts hailed the coronavirus vaccine by Oxford and its trials will be conducted in India soon. Meanwhile, volunteers are being recruited to conduct the human clinical trials of the indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin in India as the coronavirus cases in India crossed the 11 lakh mark with no sign of Covid-19 peak anytime soon. India has been registering daily spike of over 30,000 coronavirus cases for last few days. However, on Monday, India reported its highest-ever single day tally of 40,425 Covid infections. Also, Delhi reported its cases in three digits for the first time since May. In fact, AIIMS Director said Delhi seems to have hit the coronavirus peak with the number of daily cases declining significantly. Catch coronavirus vaccine, India and world LIVE updates.

  • Covid situation looks bad as community spread has started in India: Indian Medical Association

    With India registering over 34,000 new cases and the total tally having crossed 10.38 lakh, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) today said community transmission of Covid-19 in India has started and the situation looks bad, the Times of India said quoting ANI.

    Attributing this statement to Dr VK Monga, Chairperson of IMA Hospital Board of India, the report said “this is now an exponential growth”.

    “Every day the number of cases is increasing by more than 30,000. This is really a bad situation for the country. There are so many factors connected with it but overall this is now spreading to rural areas. This is a bad sign. It now shows a community spread,” Dr Monga said.

    This statement is significant because the Union Health Ministry has been maintaining that community transmission of Covid-19 has not started yet in India, claim strongly challenged by independent health experts.

    The government maintains its claim despite the fact that India now has the third highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world after the US and Brazil.

    In its morning Covid-19 bulleting on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said so far 10,38,716 people in India have tested positive for Covid-19. Of these, 6,53,751 have recovered, while 26,273 have died so far.

    Speaking further about the current situation, Dr Monga said now the Covid-19 cases are “penetrating down” into towns and villages. He said this will make it “very difficult to control the situation”.

    “In Delhi, we were able to contain it, but what about interior parts of the country in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Madhya Pradesh (which may be the new hotspots)?” Dr Monga, was quoted as saying.