Bharat Rakshak

alexis

What is the genesis and status of the weapon in this link?
http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/10.htm

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What is the difference between IFG and LFG? As per this link (http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wlc/3.htm) LFG is lighter and has a higher rate of fire. So LFG is an improvement over IFG?

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http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ixWKGG ... bit-C.html

Hmm.. hopefully next year growth will be much better.

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^^ The circle rates in real estate has gone up drastically in last 2 years. Hence black money in real estate has come down. The generation of black money needs to be addressed next - under reporting income by professionals, traders and businessmen needs to be stopped along with bribes. It will be a ...

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These drones are not stealthy (in shaping) but has benefits over fighters due to their lower sizes. Hence they are relatively difficult to detect.

There are stealth UAVs but not the ones being discussed.

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JohnTitor wrote:I'm not sure but I believe that the railways are allowed to book tickets with the old notes for a few days/weeks

There is no restriction on depositing old notes into bank.

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John,
This will not change black money to white.. How is it different from depositing into a bank?

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People depositing money in banks will not "recapitalize" banks! Please understand that. Your deposits are a liability to the bank. This will force the banks to deploy this additional funds but looking at the state of the economy, it will be difficult. So interest rates will drop - good for...

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Interesting thread and comments. My views based on my discussions with friends (we are all corporate bankers in Mumbai): 1. This move seems to be directed against financial terrorism and NGO funding than black money; The percentage of black money kept as cash is not large enough to impact the large ...

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Markets across the world are tanking... Nobody expected this. interesting times.

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http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/with-strikes-modi-sets-new-precedent-for-india-in-dealing-with-pak-1468163?pfrom=home-lateststories (Mohandas Pai was the CFO and then the head of HR at Infosys. He is now Chairman, Aarin Capital Partners.) Surprised to see such an opinion piece in ndtv. Seems all channe...

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Y. Kanan wrote:
alexis wrote:^^
3 factors:
1. Good tariff (> Rs.5/unit)
2. Less red tape
3. Ample availability of land
Do windmills allow for more kW/acre vs solar?

Based only on footprint, yes.. However, there is a distance requirement between 2 adjacent windmills.

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If we need a 3rd carrier now, Vik-II it should be. Vishal is too risky and too far off. We can buy F-35Bs if Mig-29K does not cut it. But somehow, i get a feeling that IN is happy with only 2 carriers and is thinking of a replacement for Vikramaditya in the next 25 years.No other way to explain the ...

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Kakkaji,

The figures are misleading. If load-shedding is removed, the demand will be higher and there will not be any surplus.

the surplus assumption is based on projected demand (based on current demand). This is highly understated as states dont buy enough power for 24/7 supply.

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Despite all the doomsday scenarios predicted, i believe China will be able to control the bubble and will have a soft landing... All these economists think that lessons of Japan are applicable to China while completely ignoring the population of China and the impact of increased productivity. Only t...

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3 factors:
1. Good tariff (> Rs.5/unit)
2. Less red tape
3. Ample availability of land

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RIP, Indian MIC.... 9 Bn dollars...I just dont want to think what we could have bought for that money. MII is just a slogan like "Shining India", i guess. More things change, the more they stay the same. Sorry; however anyone tries to convince it is a worthwhile deal, i wont be convinced. ...

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^^ coal blocks were under development, but power plants were under construction which were supposed to use these blocks. So when de-allocation happened, all power plants are without fuel and these now need to pay interest and principal back. Coal supply is nowhere near adequate for all new projects....

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banks not going bankrupt: Kotak's Prasad Also, he feels the panic over the huge losses in public sector banks arising from higher provisions may be overdone. Excerpts from Prasad’s note: “Our simplistic exercise shows that the capital requirement will not exceed Rs 1 trillion (Rs 1 lakh crore) for ...

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I see lot of rants against government, banks and RBI on the losses of banks. There is some merit to those arguements but the recent explosion in NPAs is due to: A. Power Sector 1. Supreme Court cancellation of coal blocks - While this prevented concentration of public resources cheaply into private ...

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I dont know if S-400 has ABM capability or even if it has the capability, the version offered to us will not have such capability unless i see the same being demonstrated by IAF.

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What is this digitalisation of pechora SAMs? I( thought they were being phased out with Akash coming in as replacements.

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Consumption of poor need not be taxed if we remove tax on lot of stuff like food items and basic needs of the people. Make the stuff cheap for the poor so that their life is easy. Middle class savings and/or consumption also depends on how much they are taxed. Today the income tax slabs starting at...

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Why is everyone so flustered on P-8I? It meets our requirements; plain and simple. Why are we bothered about what is in P-8A? It is a different model and would definitely see further upgrades which may or may not be available to us. I am sure that when we export Tejas, we will not provide the best m...

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RIP to the greatest president and scientist India has seen....

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^^ How can we say unilateral decision is good? By that metric, all decisions are good! it is the cost of the decision that decides whether it is good or bad. By all indications Rafale is going to cost 140 mn USD without any technology transfer (i remember people quoting fly away cost of USD 80 mn fo...

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vertically launched Astra based SRSAM??? India developing its own short-range surface-to-air missiles for navy India is working on a short-range surface-to-air missile (SRSAM) which, when developed, can be used by the country's navy which earlier rejected the indigenous Akash missiles. The new indi...

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shiv, there is supposedly 30% offset clause which could result in some kind of JV to manufacture some parts; definitely not to the scale envisaged in this report.

Good or bad, HAL is our child; infact our only child. Throwing it under the bus is....

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Whichever way i look at it, it seems a bad step. 1) If MMRCA buy is still on, then this reduces our bargaining capability and will result in 2) If MMRCA buy is off, we would have been better off buying some existing type - Mig, Su or Mirage! All this would add is logistical complexity. if this was e...

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But it will kill the Bharat Forge light gun! we should be cautious about these unsolicited offers.

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Personal opinion: I don't think anybody can justify how this whole episode was handled. Albeit, except for those who believe that the `Modi govt. can not set a foot wrong', and hence try to fit causes to the effect. It is difficult to believe that Parrikar was in the loop for the decision. His &quo...

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rohit, what is the source for the phase-wise number of aircraft as outlined by you above for the last 2 lots?

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A long overdue decision. Also something that could work is to limit the forex outgo per year for any capex item. Only when we are constrained by some means, are we forced to innovate.

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Kiran Kumar is 62 years old. How long can he continue? I thought one retires by 60.

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Since the jaguar re-engine schedule has gone for a toss, will we have the requisite number of squadrons mentioned here? There is no news about the same now. I am apprehensive that 1-2 squadrons of Jaguar would be retired by 2022 timeframe. This shortfall can only be remedied by induction of Tejas mk...

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http://indianexpress.com/article/india/ ... sro-chief/

Hopefully the new permanent Chairman is appointed soon

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Chacko, I can understand your scepticism in the turn of events. However, these guys were not innocent fisherman and fled a coast guard boat. They deserved their death. I also have some doubts on why navy and marine police were not in the loop. It could be incompetence or a new SOP that we are not aw...

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Could have been a great intelligence coup if we could catch them alive and paraded in front of world media... Still a good show by NTRO and coast guard. The pakis could have blown themselves or a round fired by coast guard accidentally hit it. Either way good riddance.

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This can be used by terrorists against us too!

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economic war kind of scenarios will run foul of WTO and other international agreements. So may not be feasible. however, if we can get Pakistan recognised as a rogue state, then sanctions may be feasible.

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