Bangladesh plans expansion of main international airport.

[Homo Sapiens]

More BS. @Nilgiri

Indian rupee are overvalued compared to Bangladeshi Taka.For example INR/BDT in market exchange rate is 1.24 while in ppp it is 1.70.This overvaluation will erode with more integration with world market where labor,skill cost and others are significantly higher than India.India is still very much a protectionist economy with low percentage of international trade where most of the goods and service are produced locally with dirt cheap labor and raw materials.With rising per capita income Indian low quality goods will face a competition from the high quality goods and service from worldwide as Indian will then prefer quality products.Then Indian producer willl be forced to raise the quality of their own product,thus increasing the cost.Thus equalizing effect will gain momentum and will erode the value of Rupee as well as ppp factor.While Taka will gain value as greater percentage of consumer goods will be provided from local sources due to booming manufacturing sector.One example can be given by the motor assembly plant which is currently lacking in BD but Indian are getting cheap motor vehicle due to local production.Once, BD also start local production of motor vehicle,Bangladeshi purchasing power will increase relative to India.There are many example like this.

 

[gslv mk3]

Indian rupee are overvalued compared to Bangladeshi Taka.For example INR/BDT in market exchange rate is 1.24 while in ppp it is 1.70.This overvaluation will erode with more integration with world market where labor,skill cost and others are significantly higher than India.India is still very much a protectionist economy with low percentage of international trade where most of the goods and service are produced locally with dirt cheap labor and raw materials.With rising per capita income Indian low quality goods will face a competition from the high quality goods and service from worldwide as Indian will then prefer quality products.Then Indian producer willl be forced to raise the quality of their own product,thus increasing the cost.Thus equalizing effect will gain momentum and will erode the value of Rupee as well as ppp factor.While Taka will gain value as greater percentage of consumer goods will be provided from local sources due to booming manufacturing sector.One example can be given by the motor assembly plant which is currently lacking in BD but Indian are getting cheap motor vehicle due to local production.Once, BD also start local production of motor vehicle,Bangladeshi purchasing power will increase relative to India.There are many example like this.

Nice story.

 

[Bilal9]

Indian rupee are overvalued compared to Bangladeshi Taka.For example INR/BDT in market exchange rate is 1.24 while in ppp it is 1.70.This overvaluation will erode with more integration with world market where labor,skill cost and others are significantly higher than India.India is still very much a protectionist economy with low percentage of international trade where most of the goods and service are produced locally with dirt cheap labor and raw materials.With rising per capita income Indian low quality goods will face a competition from the high quality goods and service from worldwide as Indian will then prefer quality products.Then Indian producer willl be forced to raise the quality of their own product,thus increasing the cost.Thus equalizing effect will gain momentum and will erode the value of Rupee as well as ppp factor.While Taka will gain value as greater percentage of consumer goods will be provided from local sources due to booming manufacturing sector.One example can be given by the motor assembly plant which is currently lacking in BD but Indian are getting cheap motor vehicle due to local production.Once, BD also start local production of motor vehicle,Bangladeshi purchasing power will increase relative to India.There are many example like this.

Very accurate observation. Most of the time lions share of Indian manufacturing is to feed their own market whose standards and needs are just sub par because majority of customers expect cheap products. This is not just Indian manufacturing company view but overseas manufacturers in India as well. The operative word in Indian industrial parlance is to 'Indianize' or retrograde a product from how it used to be in external developed markets. i.e. reduce electronics to a minimum, put in crude leaf springs instead of coils or shocks (light commercial vehicles), put in crude carburetors instead of fuel injection (all autos), take out seat belts, air bags etc. etc.

The end goal is to reduce cost without regard to pollution, safety etc.

India is only seen as a manufacturing source for its own substandard market, not for export to more developed markets, like China has become a model for.

Part of the reason why a Hyundai subcompact manufactured (even) for example in Eastern Europe is heavily preferred in Western European markets over the same vehicle made in India. The horrible crash-test results and videos on YouTube bear this out. Just google 'Indian car crash test', you'll see plenty of hits.

So yes, when Indian customers of the next generation finally start expecting better quality and Indian protectionism finally opens up, their cost is bound to go up.

It is no good that you are shaming Indians by asking them to compare with China. Indians love to remain in the small league for a considerable period of time in the future. Thy feel flattered by comparing themselves even with BD.

Huq katha Koisuin re ba

Guys,let's try to discuss the topic and avoid needlessly bringing India or any other country.
Comparison between countries is good but it should be done in a peaceful and respectful manner.

Peace.

Hear hear! Respect.....

 

[bluesky]

Nominal GDP has no meaning when comparing the living standards- PPP is used.

I have visited both India and China. China is far ahead of India in terms of living standard. It will take another 200 years for India to rise to the current standard of living of China. Most of your country is almost like BD, and west Bengal is lower than BD.

 

[gslv mk3]

With rising per capita income Indian low quality goods will face a competition from the high quality goods and service from worldwide as Indian will then prefer quality products.Then Indian producer willl be forced to raise the quality of their own product,thus increasing the cost.Thus equalizing effect will gain momentum and will erode the value of Rupee as well as ppp factor.While Taka will gain value as greater percentage of consumer goods will be provided from local sources due to booming manufacturing sector.One example can be given by the motor assembly plant which is currently lacking in BD but Indian are getting cheap motor vehicle due to local production.Once, BD also start local production of motor vehicle,Bangladeshi purchasing power will increase relative to India.

A few questions

Why would Indian consumers turn to imports, when India is having a decent industrial base, already catering to even premium products with decent levels of indigenization (check BMW, Audi) exporting to several counties & the present government initiative of 'make in India' (even semiconductor fabs) & the industrial corridor projects?

How long would it take for Bangladesh for achieving this manufacturing boom, when it have literally zero industry other than textiles (don't start on shipbuilding, your shipbuilding industry have less than the revenue earned by cochin shipyard).

This is not just Indian manufacturing company view but overseas manufacturers in India as well.
India is only seen as a manufacturing source for its own substandard market, not for export to more developed markets, like China has become a model for.

You can keep harping about 'sub-stand quality' while we export our cars to developed markets .You have got bashed by @Nilgiri every time you post this shit, but you come back for more.

For example Suzuki Baleno being exclusively produced in India and exported to developed markets such as Japan.

Suzuki Motor’s Made in India Cars Are Being Exported to Japan

Ford to export India-made EcoSport to US

Now we export 35 times more passenger vehicles than the number of PVs registered every year in Bangladesh - apparently 20,000 cars-much of them second hand Japanese scrap worthy clunkers, but it's not like a malnourished LDC economy like BD deserve any better.

India car exports (data from SIAM)

No of cars registered in Bangladesh

put in crude carburetors instead of fuel injection (all autos)

Apparently we aren't an LDC with literally no emission standards to do with carb on cars.

Will Bangladesh’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards Be Enforced?

Even the venerable Maruti 800 had MPFI ever since the early 2000s. Another classic case of pot calling the kettle black ?

put in crude leaf springs instead of coils or shocks

So sad, even then Indian LCVs gets sold in markets like ASEAN, which is far developed than an LDC.

The horrible crash-test results and videos on YouTube bear this out. Just google 'Indian car crash test', you'll see plenty of hits.

start with ones from Indian manufacturers...

Mahindra XUV500 gets 4 stars in ANCAP crash tests

Part of the reason why a Hyundai subcompact manufactured (even) for example in Eastern Europe is heavily preferred in Western European markets over the same vehicle made in India.

What credibility does a guy, who even claims that 'Bangladesh is three decades ahead of India in smart manufacturing' have ?

ZERO.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Why would Indian consumers turn to imports, when India is having a decent industrial base, already catering to even premium products with decent levels of indigenization (check BMW, Audi) exporting to several counties & the present government initiative of 'make in India' (even semiconductor fabs) & the industrial corridor projects?
How long would it take for Bangladesh for achieving this manufacturing boom, when it have literally zero industry other than textiles (don't start on shipbuilding, your shipbuilding industry have less than the revenue earned by cochin shipyard).

I am not saying Indian consumers will turn towards the foreign brand.My words implies a condition where Rising income of Indian middle class will have option to buy foreign brand.Thus to maintain supremacy,Indian brand have to raise their standard up to internationally acceptable levels.Which will increase the production cost leading to raised consumer price index and lowering of ppp factor.

For Bangladesh, indigenous manufacturing will cut costly import and will increase consumption of those product many folds.So, in one hand,it will lower the price on the other hand it will increase the consumption,which Bangladesh currently lacking vis-a via India.India's current advantage over Bangladesh in consumption is mostly about Indian local manufacturing prowess.I have shown earlier,price of basic necessities like, food, clothing, housing, education, healthcare in Bangladesh is same or somewhat less than India.It is the other items of the list of 1000 item in the consumer basketcase of IMF or 800 item of World Bank for PPP calculation which is favoring India.Many of which are locally produced in India but have to import in BD.Just look at the automobile.It is a big item for the middle class.A lot of money from a middle class family budget goes to buy it.And it is several times cheaper in India than BD.These type of things have negative impact over purchasing power of a person in BD.

 

[gslv mk3]

The difference between reality & fantasy are so stark. Trolls here fantasize about a Bangladesh which is 30 years ahead in industrial development, has far higher HDI, much greater domestic air traffic, far higher number of 'fantasy bikes' & 'big sedans', a far powerful navy- all compared to India. Then, reality punches them on their face.

they don't buy Bheekhari cars like Balenos. The most common models in use in Dhaka are Toyota Allion and Premio models.

The truth however is very different...

Original post by @Nilgiri

''http://www.who.int/violence_injury_...ountry_profiles_combined_GSRRS2015_2.pdf?ua=1

So India has at least (since we are comparing data with 2 year difference in B'desh favour):

- 70 times the number of light 4 wheelers (cars/vans etc).
- 86 times the number of 2/3 wheelers (motorbikes, autorickshaws etc)
- 29 times the number of heavy trucks
- 28 times the number of buses

For a population about 8 times more. But hey they beat us in the "other" category (wonder what that is lol).''

This post was made in 2015 .

The large majority of Bangladesh industrial capability is at par with where India is.

In 2017, in just two years they overtook India & is three decades ahead of us (or anyone else)

As someone commented, it will take any other country at least three decades to catch up with us, and we have moved way upmarket already including green production facilities with eco-balanced waste disposal and smart manufacturing.

But this is actually the state of manufacturing technology in Bangladesh- a basic lathe

A pic from it's manufacturers- these people can teach Tata or L&T something about supply chain management...

Yet these people have no shame in making fun of anything Indian- even the Indian Space Program- which is light years ahead of anything BD has- even while their country lags behind sub saharan Zambia in science & technology...

copies of Atlas rockets

Sure, US is selling production drawings of Atlas LVs these days...

I am not saying Indian consumers will turn towards the foreign brand.My words implies a condition where Rising income of Indian middle class will have option to buy foreign brand.Thus to maintain supremacy,Indian brand have to raise their standard up to internationally acceptable levels.

You realize that it has already happened post liberalization.

For Bangladesh, indigenous manufacturing will cut costly import and will increase consumption of those product many folds.

Do tag me when it actually happens.

I have visited both India and China. China is far ahead of India in terms of living standard. It will take another 200 years for India to rise to the current standard of living of China. Most of your country is almost like BD, and west Bengal is lower than BD.

Sorry buddy, no one believes BBS (Bangladeshi BS) quality data

http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/trends

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_GDP_of_China

 

[Nilgiri]

I am not saying Indian consumers will turn towards the foreign brand.My words implies a condition where Rising income of Indian middle class will have option to buy foreign brand.Thus to maintain supremacy,Indian brand have to raise their standard up to internationally acceptable levels.Which will increase the production cost leading to raised consumer price index and lowering of ppp factor.

For Bangladesh, indigenous manufacturing will cut costly import and will increase consumption of those product many folds.So, in one hand,it will lower the price on the other hand it will increase the consumption,which Bangladesh currently lacking vis-a via India.India's current advantage over Bangladesh in consumption is mostly about Indian local manufacturing prowess.I have shown earlier,price of basic necessities like, food, clothing, housing, education, healthcare in Bangladesh is same or somewhat less than India.It is the other items of the list of 1000 item in the consumer basketcase of IMF or 800 item of World Bank for PPP calculation which is favoring India.Many of which are locally produced in India but have to import in BD.Just look at the automobile.It is a big item for the middle class.A lot of money from a middle class family budget goes to buy it.And it is several times cheaper in India than BD.These type of things have negative impact over purchasing power of a person in BD.

Yah India PPP multiplier will decrease over time.

However:

a) rate of that decrease hard to project (esp given vast areas of India are still non-urban and how India harnesses past the maybe 20% of demographic dividend it has so far harnessed - both of which provide impulse in reverse direction to phenomenon you describing).

b) its unclear how its (PPP multiplier) is going to manifest for BD long term too. You stated in much earlier thread that you think BD will get an "upgrade" on it in the next PPP calculation cycle...and I said its unlikely (and we shall see)...Indian equity market, GCF base and ind, manf, MSME capacity base and addition are still many manifolds higher than BD even in per capita terms ...this adds a robust momentum to PPP multiplier preservation comparing the two (plus the access to vast internal market India able to harness). BD is going to face the same pressures for its own multiplier that India does and it definitely could be much more volatile given its low realisation on these factors.

c) Pace of economic reforms and policies in the two. India just introduced GST (common market) within its borders for example....while already on a higher production base, logistics and institutional performance compared to BD. There is good pace on quality vocational training, labour law reform and overall formalisation of the economy. I am seeing nothing of this reform push in BD....there is a bit of tinkering, plenty of reversals and over reliance on just one industry (for simple politics rather than better diverse economy).

So all this means nothing is guaranteed projection wise on "how much" India will lose in PPP multiplier compared to BD long term.

When will the real "foreign brand" variety and scale that you speak of that will "affect" India PPP even start in BD?

 

[Bilal9]

A few questions

Why would Indian consumers turn to imports, when India is having a decent industrial base, already catering to even premium products with decent levels of indigenization (check BMW, Audi) exporting to several counties & the present government initiative of 'make in India' (even semiconductor fabs) & the industrial corridor projects?

How long would it take for Bangladesh for achieving this manufacturing boom, when it have literally zero industry other than textiles (don't start on shipbuilding, your shipbuilding industry have less than the revenue earned by cochin shipyard).



You can keep harping about 'sub-stand quality' while we export our cars to developed markets .You have got bashed by @Nilgiri every time you post this shit, but you come back for more.

For example Suzuki Baleno being exclusively produced in India and exported to developed markets such as Japan.

Suzuki Motor’s Made in India Cars Are Being Exported to Japan

Ford to export India-made EcoSport to US

Now we export 35 times more passenger vehicles than the number of PVs registered every year in Bangladesh - apparently 20,000 cars-much of them second hand Japanese scrap worthy clunkers, but it's not like a malnourished LDC economy like BD deserve any better.

India car exports (data from SIAM)

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No of cars registered in Bangladesh

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Apparently we aren't an LDC with literally no emission standards to do with carb on cars.

Will Bangladesh’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards Be Enforced?

Even the venerable Maruti 800 had MPFI ever since the early 2000s. Another classic case of pot calling the kettle black ?



So sad, even then Indian LCVs gets sold in markets like ASEAN, which is far developed than an LDC.



start with ones from Indian manufacturers...

Mahindra XUV500 gets 4 stars in ANCAP crash tests



What credibility does a guy, who even claims that 'Bangladesh is three decades ahead of India in smart manufacturing' have ?

ZERO.

Thank you for measuring India's standards with Bangladesh as a benchmark.....that's where you belong.

Re: Baleno, here we describe what a stellar success it is, and how it is the pride of India. Indians boasting over a WARMED OVER late nineties Japanese design (engine, suspension, everything) and Japanese tech and even then they can't make this substandard jalopy halfway reliable. Losers.....

Maruti Suzuki India's Biggest Recall Yet; 75,419 Baleno and 1,961 Swift DZire Affected

Recall over faulty airbag controller software and faulty fuel filters. While the company will be recalling 75,419 units of the Baleno for issue with the airbags, 1,961 units of the Swift DZire will be recalled for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter.

This Baleno contraption called a 'luxury vehicle' in India has so many flaws that it is quasi comic to call it a success. Take a look,

https://www.google.com/#q=suzuki+baleno+problems&tbm=vid

 

[gslv mk3]

Thank you for measuring India's standards with Bangladesh as a benchmark.....that's where you belong.

No one is interested in comparing with an LDC basket case. However, if some numbnuts from that LDC think that they are some how at the same level or even ahead of us, they need to be shown their place.

Maruti Suzuki India's Biggest Recall Yet; 75,419 Baleno and 1,961 Swift DZire Affected

Recall over faulty airbag controller software and faulty fuel filters. While the company will be recalling 75,419 units of the Baleno for issue with the airbags, 1,961 units of the Swift DZire will be recalled for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter.

Nice try, but the airbag control unit of the Baleno is not from India. It's from Delphi, Siemens or somewhere else.

You know those buggers simply can't do anything right, may be they should have roped in Walton, with all it's extensive R&D capabilities in electronics to develop an airbag control unit. @Nilgiri.

And recalls are way too common in the automotive industry-Just posting the news about recalls that happened this/last year. Try bashing these manufacturers, cars & their country of origin.

This one is well known

Takata Airbag Recall: A Complete List of Affected Vehicles

Some more...

2015-2017 Audi A7: Recall Alert

Vehicles Affected: Approximately 17,700 model-year 2015-17 Audi A7 hatchbacks

The Problem: Head curtain airbags may not deploy properly, which increases the risk of injury in a crash.

2014-2016 Mazda3, 2014-2015 Mazda6: Recall Alert

Vehicles Affected: Approximately 228,000 model-year 2014-16 Mazda3 cars and model-year 2014-15 Mazda6 sedans

The Problem: Water could enter the brake caliper, causing the parking brake actuator shaft to corrode and possibly bind, which may prevent the parking brake from engaging or disengaging fully. This could allow the vehicle to move unexpectedly when parked on a slope, increasing the risk of a crash.

Hyundai recalls 437,400 Santa Fe crossovers; 161,000 Sonata, Genesis models also recalled

2013-2017 Audi Q5, Q7: Recall Alert

Vehicles Affected: Approximately 240,500 model-year 2013-17 Audi Q5 and Q7 SUVs

The Problem: A fuel pump flange may crack, allowing gasoline to leak, which increases the risk of a fire in the presence of an ignition source.

2015-2017 Porsche Macan: Recall Alert

Vehicles Affected: Approximately 51,500 model-year 2015-17 Porsche Macan S and Macan Turbo SUVs, and model-year 2017 Macan, Macan Turbo with the Performance Package and Macan GTS SUVs

The Problem: The fuel pump flange may crack, allowing fuel to leak, which increases the risk of a fire in the presence of an ignition source.

And here is one from your favorite country- Record number of car recalls in China this year

I can go on and on. Should I ? Now blame it on their country of origin, idiot!!

This Baleno contraption called a 'luxury vehicle' in India

As I said before, some one from a country which has 1/70 times the number of LMVs & 1/120th of new car sales in India-majority of them second hand Japanese cars- shouldn't be defining what is luxury here. Our luxury car market(Merc, Audi, BMW, JLR) is 50% bigger than the 'entire car market' (if you can call it that) in your country.

Re: Baleno, here we describe what a stellar success it is, and how it is the pride of India.

I don't remember anyone including me, @Nilgiri, or @Bombaywalla describing this car as the 'pride of India' even if it is exported to any developed country. It is rather normal, given that Indian made cars have already been exported to markets such as Europe & being considered for export to the US.

And if we want to designate anything as 'the pride of India', we have a lot of technologically advanced systems - which puts us in an elite league of very few countries- such as a mars orbiter or a medium lift space launcher or a fast breeder reactor. We don't have to gloat over a damn hermetically sealed compressor of a refrigerator, like BeeDees.

Indians boasting over a WARMED OVER late nineties Japanese design (engine, suspension, everything) and Japanese tech

Another stupid claim by an idiot who even claims that Bangladesh is 20 years ahead of India in 'smart manufacturing'. Suzuki Baleno, launched in 2015 have nothing to do with the Suzuki Cultus Crescent branded as Baleno in India. the engine & suspension too are different.

Meanwhile Maruti Suzuki has invested $300 million into it's India R&D center and it know have the capability to design cars from the concept.

Its new sub-4 metre compact SUV (sport utility vehicle) Vitara Brezza, which will be unveiled at the upcoming Auto Show, will be the first-ever passenger vehicle in Maruti’s portfolio that has been conceptualised, engineered and developed by the Indian team.

http://www.thehindu.com/business/In...-chain-with-Vitara-Brezza/article14003669.ece

even then they can't make this substandard jalopy halfway reliable

You can call it any stupid name you like, while we export it to Japan & cross the 1 million mark in PV exports.

You can go back to gloating about the great Walton...

...whose production isn't even 1/100 th of Bajaj's exports- no kidding. No wonder why they couldn't even hold to their 6% market share in the Bangladeshi domestic market.

what a bunch of losers...

 

[bluesky]

Why would Indian consumers turn to imports, when India is having a decent industrial base, already catering to even premium products with decent levels of indigenization (check BMW, Audi) exporting to several counties & the present government initiative of 'make in India' (even semiconductor fabs) & the industrial corridor projects?

Will you guys stop proclaiming BMW, Audi as well as Toyota/Suzuki as Indian brands. These are German and Japanese brands in every meaning of it. They built only the assembly plants in India and they run their offices with their own management staff. But, yes. Ambassador is an Indian car brand of which you can take pride of.

 

[gslv mk3]

Will you guys stop proclaiming BMW, Audi as well as Toyota/Suzuki as Indian brands. These are German and Japanese brands in every meaning of it. They built only the assembly plants in India and they run their offices with their own management staff. But, yes. Ambassador is an Indian car brand of which you can take pride of.

Another stupid claim by a guy who invented the 'computerized lathe'. read the post to which I'm replying to.

And these companies have way larger operation than 'assembly plants'. India accounts to 10% of global automotive R&D headcount- that's data from 2013.

And no, Ambassador is no Indian car. Though Tatas and Mahindras are.

 

[Nilgiri]

Will you guys stop proclaiming BMW, Audi as well as Toyota/Suzuki as Indian brands. These are German and Japanese brands in every meaning of it. They built only the assembly plants in India and they run their offices with their own management staff. But, yes. Ambassador is an Indian car brand of which you can take pride of.

So why you gonna say your RMG is from bangladesh when the cotton and base fabric materials aren't from BD lots of the time? Pro tip: Extend your logic to yourself first before you try apply it to others....you come of less silly that way.

The country that manufactures and does the value addition owns the finished product largely in proportion to that VA. Branding value counts a lot in the equity side for MNCs, but is largely irrelevant to GDP and industrial throughput (Esp MVA). No one proclaimed any of the foreign MNC brands to be Indian...but large parts of their global production chains certainly are. Obviously you have never seen any of their offices either, the labour pool there is largely Indian too ( and its a big reason why no one is interested in BD in comparison, you cant provide that trained quality and neither are such companies interested in sending foreign human capital to such a low liveable country on top of the huge numbers of other problems regarding vocational training, lack of MSME and paltry capital flows and credit).

If you want to be angry that BD gets not even a fraction of a percentage of quality world industrial brand investment and production that India does, so be it....but no need to show your ignorance regarding basic economics 101.

 

[UKBengali]

So why you gonna say your RMG is from bangladesh when the cotton and base fabric materials aren't from BD lots of the time? Pro tip: Extend your logic to yourself first before you try apply it to others....you come of less silly that way.

The country that manufactures and does the value addition owns the finished product largely in proportion to that VA. Branding value counts a lot in the equity side for MNCs, but is largely irrelevant to GDP and industrial throughput (Esp MVA). No one proclaimed any of the foreign MNC brands to be Indian...but large parts of their global production chains certainly are. Obviously you have never seen any of their offices either, the labour pool there is largely Indian too ( and its a big reason why no one is interested in BD in comparison, you cant provide that trained quality and neither are such companies interested in sending foreign human capital to such a low liveable country on top of the huge numbers of other problems regarding vocational training, lack of MSME and paltry capital flows and credit).

If you want to be angry that BD gets not even a fraction of a percentage of quality world industrial brand investment and production that India does, so be it....but no need to show your ignorance regarding basic economics 101.

Comparing RMG that is BD owned with foreign MNCs.
You are either stupid and/or desperate.

 

[Nilgiri]

Comparing RMG that is BD owned with foreign MNCs.
You are either stupid and/or desperate.

I am asking that guy to define how we at any point are saying the brands are Indian by his logic. Production and local customisation and integration with MSME matters the most. BD thus has only one industry and one that has terrible value addition....and even that one does not carry any BD branding (they are stamped with whichever general foreign textile name imports them).

If you are not interested in any type of production that is not "BD-owned", well enjoy staying a LDC.

Let's see some BD "brands" have some presence in developed countries...oh wait you actually need some industry to do that. Guess we will be waiting way past even force plan 2030

Is Mahindra an Indian brand? @bluesky

What does an Aussie lady think of it?: