https://youtube.com/embed/LiQXXs3f6qE?start=1774&end=2018  Rahul Gandhi: In our conception, in the UPA conception, there are different elements of our economic system -- there is the formal sector and there is the informal sector. We were pretty clear that both these sectors have an important role to play. In the formal sector, we are not for the creation of monopolies and as far as the informal sector is concerned, we are not for the assassination or the murder of the informal sector. The Prime Minister of India, is for the elimination of the informal sector -- the assassination of the informal sector, and the creation of monopolies in the formal sector. This is a huge part of what is going on here. and when you see airports going to the same person, ports going to the same person, everything going to two or three people, you are seeing the development of monopolists. The creation of monopolies in this country, is extremely dangerous for this country. We have dealt earlier with a monopoly in India . It used to be called the East India Company. It enslaved this country, it was basically a monopoly. That is what is happening now. We are heading into enslavement. So that is something that has to be understood.
Demonetization, GST the way they designed it, is designed to do two things-- No 1, it is designed to kill the informal sector, destroy the informal sector. because if you do demonetization, an informal sector person doesnt have the cash flow to save his business. You can ask any small businessman that if you give him a shock, like demonetization, he cant survive. And GST as it designed, today is essentially a tax on small and medium businessmen. It is targeting, to hurt them by making them formalise themselves, at tremendous costs, whereas a large company has no problem. A large company can hire five or ten accountants, but that individual - a shopkeeper, or Mithaiwala, does have the infrastructure to get those accountants. so he just dies. So those two ideas, were to destroy the informal sector. The three farm laws, are to destroy the informal sector in agriculture. and to insure that monopolists, can come into that sector. Mr Modi believes, that large monopolist, an transform this country. He does not realise that when you create such large monopoly, you cannot give jobs to people. And when you cannot give jobs to people, it leads to social tension, social anger, and then social explosion. So you will see, a dramatic increase in violence, you will see a dramatic increase in anger, you will see millions of youngsters, who cannot have a future. and they will look at the houses of these monopolists, and they will wonder what went wrong with India. That is what is happening.
Mr. Modi is an instrument. Mr Modi is not the Prime Minister. He is an instrument. He is doing particular job for these people.

India’s 30 years of Globalisation: What lies ahead amidst the pandemic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdDp94R93tI | The Newshour Debate Jul 31, 2021

15th Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh, Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Uday Kotak, Dr. Shankar Acharya and Infosys Co-founder Nandan Nilekani.

bureacracy: Manmohan Singh during the UPA regime..

1947 के शरणार्थियों से ज़्यादा बुरी गत किसानों की….  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBepcmA4mf0 
Aug 14, 2021

Nehru's word Tryst with Destiny had equivalence between farmers and modern economy... Uwhile ignoring the nine month old farmer agitation, govt has decided to observe 14th August of Parititon horrors day... 

‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ | Historical echo to Narendra Modi’s announcement in Twitter 
@narendramodi 11 am
Partition’s pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our sisters and brothers were displaced and many lost their lives due to mindless hate and violence. In memory of the struggles and sacrifices of our people, 14th August will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
May the #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay keep reminding us of the need to remove the poison of social divisions, disharmony and further strengthen the spirit of oneness, social harmony and human empowerment.

What is the politics behind Partition remembrance Day? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyKFv98G9ck  Why does Modi want to remind us of Partition? Is the politics of Hindu-Muslim polarization behind this? Discussions with Mukesh Kumar include- Prof. Ram Puniyani , Gauhar Raza, Prof. Apoorvanand, Sheetal P Singh and Nirendra Nagar

The home ministry issued a notification later in the day in which the announcement was made part of gazette notification.  https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/partition-horrors-remembrance-day-historical-echo-to-narendra-modis-announcement/article35914219.ece   The incident recorded in the Assembly’s annals dates back to July 14, 1947. It had then been just over a month after Lord Mountbatten announced the partition of British India into two independent dominions of India and Pakistan in June 1947. 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/full-text-of-president-ram-nath-kovind-s-independence-day-eve-address-101628955710154.html "

"The psychological distance between the urban and the rural is now much less as compared to the past. After all, India lives in its villages which cannot be allowed to lag behind in development. That is why special campaigns, including the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, are being implemented for the welfare of our farmers.

These efforts are consistent with the vision of an Atma Nirbhar Bharat, a self-reliant India. With abiding faith in the inherent capacity of the economy, the government has further opened up defence, health, civil aviation, power and other sectors. The government’s new initiatives to promote eco-friendly, renewable sources of energy, particularly solar power, have won praise around the world. If there is an improvement in the ease of doing business, it has a positive impact on the ease of living for all. "

We are finding the same arguments being used internally with Indian States - Most pernicious is the argument for corporate farming, and farming for only the market and food security being defined as the capacity to buy food, or get food stamps, or ration, when over 60% of food consumed in India is from subsistence farming.. and thanks to the new laws will be Nationally traded and Contracted Farming!!

Keeping Poor Countries Poor: The Absurdity of Comparative Advantage https://janataweekly.org/keeping-poor-countries-poor-the-absurdity-of-comparative-advantage/  Rod Driver July 18, 2021 

One of the worst economic theories is comparative advantage: 

1. Firstly, the main advantage that most poor countries have is cheap labour.

2. The second flaw is that many poor countries have been encouraged to focus on growing one crop for export. growing crops for export leads to a decrease in farming of food for domestic consumption. The same is the case for mining

3. The third, and perhaps most important, flaw is that comparative advantage is based upon what each country is capable of doing now.  The theory ignores the evidence that with the right forms of teaching, training, investment and long-term planning, countries can develop the capacity to do more sophisticated tasks in future.

Fairtrade is only a partial solution to the problems of poor countries. The amount that growers are paid is still low.

Some people and organisations are now pushing for a global minimum wage, to try to ensure that every worker can receive a reasonable wage for their work.

the best way to be successful at trade is for a country to import raw materials, which are usually cheap, and export manufactured goods, which are usually more expensive and more profitable.

(comment.. but this too could be the problem: as the next financialiisation ensures that the investment and profit are exports, and raw materials are expropriated, pollution is localised, while wages of the labouring classes  are kept low. Even for start ups, the innovation and risks are taken locally, and when successful, technology as well as mass markets moved to foreign companies.. )