India in 2013 - forecasts

2013 FORECAST: INDIA

The important forecast that to be happened in India in 2013 are

January:

Congress’s brainstorming session in Jaipur where Rahul Gandhi will set the agenda

February:

Assembly elections in 3 North Eastern States

Railway Budget (hike in passenger fare likely)

          Union Budget 2013

March:

    BJP leadership meet in Indore. Will it be exit for Nitin Gadkari or continuation?

       2G re-auction part II

May:

       Assembly Elections in Karnataka

December:

       Semi-final to 2014 General Elections; Assembly elections in 5 States including the National Capital alias Rape Capital New Delhi

The top 5 game-changers ahead in 2013 are:

January:

          Cash Transfer Scheme launching

February:

          UPA-II’s last Union Budget

May:

          Vinod Rai’s tenure comes to an end. Nothing could be much happier for Congress and its allies other than this. His stormy 5-year term ends in May 2013. He pilloried UPA-II on Coalgate, 2G and other scams.

September:

          New Governor of RBI; It is likely to be Mr. Raghuram Rajan.

2013 fully:

          Disinvestment of Public Sector Units

The top 5 troublesome for India in global arena:

Ø     India has to parry China’s thrust into South Asia – Nepal, Maldives and Bangladesh

Ø     The US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan could put Pakistan once again there and thus jeopardizing Indian interests

Ø     New Chinese Leadership could flex its muscle over South China Sea where India has oil blocks

Ø     Wave of West Asian Unrest trample on India’s energy lifelines

Ø     US economy