India's Goldilocks Year Curdles on Rupee, China Inputs — SkimNews
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- India's "Make in India" campaign has become a global brand, with the world's most populous nation positioning itself as the alternative manufacturing hub as China's economy slows and multinationals seek supply-chain diversification
- India's "Goldilocks" economic year has curdled on a weakening rupee and continued reliance on Chinese inputs, per the article headline, dashing expectations that 2025 was the year the manufacturing-diversification story would come together
Why it matters: India sold itself to multinationals as the supply-chain alternative to China, but the weakening rupee and persistent Chinese-input dependence expose structural fragilities in Modi's manufacturing pitch — undermining the diversification thesis global investors were underwriting.
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