India Econ Collapse?
Falling exchange rate of rupee against dollar is due to hyperinflation. Dr. Manmohan Singh was comparing Indian currency crisis against dollar to Brazil. It’s not true, our Prime Minister was trying to manipulate. Hyperinflation in India, I am afraid, will have to be compared to hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. When Zimbabwe won independence from British in 1980, the Zimbabwean dollar was more valuable than the US dollar. Slowly but steadily wrong economic and land reform policies implemented by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe led to total debacles. Production of food and manufacturing outputs fell drastically (60%), this led to unemployment (80%), Mugabe government was not ready to admit errors and to impliement remedial actions while continued to print currency notes which had no purchasing power since there was no production of goods and services. Zimbabwe Dollar denominations were ranging from 10 to 100 billon still with very little value. The magnitude of the currency scalars signifies the extent of the hyperinflation. In 2009 Zimbabwe currency was dead and was laid to RIP, so currencies of other countries are used. What is happening is no laughing matter. For Zimbabweans – bread, meat, margarines, even once ubiquitous morning cup of tea – have become unimaginable luxuries. Where India is heading to?
