Microsoft's denial to Nayara Energy shows India's overlooked weaknesses

We have allowed these vulnerabilities to grow over the decades because of inaction

United States President Donald Trump’s angry outburst and the immediate application of 25 per cent tariffs on all goods from India have once again brought into focus our economic vulnerabilities, despite being the fourth-largest economy in the world. But the Trump tariff tantrums also tend to divert attention from two other threats to the Indian economy that briefly caught some media attention.

 

The first involved China putting the brakes on rare earth and rare earth magnets exports, which have thrown our automobile industry in a tizzy. The second was the sudden denial of services by Microsoft to Nayara Energy, 49