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SumanSpeaks Independent Capital Markets & Geopolitical Intelligence POLITICAL ECONOMY | PART 1: THE TELECOM TEST The Sangh’s Costliest Blunder: Keeping Narendra Modi in the Chair After Demonetisation and a Trail of U-Turns Two private giants, one state-propped survivor, roughly ₹3.22 lakh crore in announced BSNL revival and support packages (spectrum allocation included), and ₹1.41 lakh crore of AGR dues still on the books: telecom shows what happens when one man’s brand becomes the party’s only policy. This is an argument against Narendra Modi, not against the BJP. SYNOPSIS India’s telecom market has narrowed from a messy but real plurality into two dominant private networks, one weak private survivor kept alive by government equity, and a public operator that has needed about ₹3.22 lakh crore in announced support packages and spectrum allocations, not all of it cash. The 2010 spectrum auctions that started the debt spiral were a UPA-era event, and we say so plainly. But a ...
Global apparent steel consumption to rise by 3.6% in 2012, worldsteel says

Global apparent steel consumption is due to increase by 3.6% in 2012, as signs of stability start to emerge and recovery is expected to resume in the second half of the year, the World Steel Assn (worldsteel) said on Friday April 27.
Steel use is likely to reach 1.42 billion tonnes in 2012, up from 1.37 billion tonnes a year earlier, worldsteel said in its short-range outlook. This is supported by growth of 4% in China to 648.8 million tonnes of apparent consumption, a rise of 6.9% in India to 72.5 million tonnes and 5.7% growth in the USA. Central and South American consumption is set to grow by 6.8% in 2012 to 49.1 million tonnes, a “historical high,” according to worldsteel, with Brazil returning to positive growth of more than 5% in 2012.

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