{"id":33939,"date":"2018-10-30T15:01:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=33939"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:01:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:31:52","slug":"a-beginning-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-beginning-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"A beginning, an end\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/editorials\/a-beginning-an-end-zimbabwe-coup-4942510\/\"><b>A beginning, an end<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zimbabwe\u2019s governing party moved to expel President Robert Mugabe from its ranks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generals who assert their political influence rarely step back and should the <\/span><b>coup in Zimbabwe fail to lead on to a genuine democratic transition, it could intensify authoritarianism and internal violence.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the impact on India?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For India, the <\/span><b>stakes are modest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilateral trade between India and Zimbabwe hovers around only $250 million.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are estimated to be less than 1,000 Indian citizens in Zimbabwe, along with some 10,000 people of ethnic-Gujarati origin.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Why India needs to be pay attention?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>good strategic reasons for India to follow events closely<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>India has begun investing seriously in Africa over the past decade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hoping to retain its historic influence in the face of a growing Chinese presence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout Africa, China has been the principal beneficiary of authoritarianism and corruption.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, India can <\/span><b>work to facilitate a good outcome, by throwing its weight behind South Africa-led mediation efforts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and persuading Western governments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Bilateral trade between India and Zimbabwe:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Statistics: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilateral trade between India and Zimbabwe totaled US$ 222.31 million in 2014-15. Indian exports to Zimbabwe stood at $222.19 million, while imports stood at $120,000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Public sector firm:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indian public sector firms such as Indian Railway Construction Company (IRCON), Rail India Technical &amp; Economic Services (RITES), Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) and Telecommunications India Ltd. (TCIL) are active in Zimbabwe. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Agriculture: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irrigation supply pumps and irrigation equipment to Zimbabwe. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Health:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indian pharmaceutical firms have a strong presence in the Zimbabwean market and Indian-made medicines are commonly found in the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beginning, an end Context: Zimbabwe\u2019s governing party moved to expel President Robert Mugabe from its ranks. Generals who assert their political influence rarely step back and should the coup in Zimbabwe fail to lead on to a genuine democratic transition, it could intensify authoritarianism and internal violence. What is the impact on India? For&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-beginning-an-end\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A beginning, an end\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704913790},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}