1991年前印度开始推行经济改革时,世界许多知名的跨国企业都把目光投向这个人口总数仅次于中国的亚洲大国,争相涌向印度寻求开拓市场的机会。一些经济学家甚至乐观地预言,几年之后这个南亚次大陆上的“巨人”将赶上或超过蓬勃发展的中国。 6年过去了,尽管同自己相比,印度确实有了进步,改革的成果也是明显的。但是,同亚洲其它一些国家和地区相比,印度前进的步伐显得缓慢而沉重。 造成这种局面的原因之一是印度政府的不稳定。去年6月,以德韦·高达为总理联合阵线取代大选失败而下台的国大党,获得执政地位。联合阵线本身是由13个政见相左的小党派组成的,地位十分脆弱,常常因为内部意见分歧而令许多调整经济的政策难以推行。如今年1月份印度知名的“塔塔(Tata)”工业集团申请同新加坡 Before India began its economic reform by 1991, many well-known multinational corporations in the world turned their attention to the Asian big country, second only to China, and flocked to seek opportunities to explore the market in India. Some economists even optimistically predict that a few years later the “giant” on the South Asian subcontinent will catch up with or surpass China’s thriving economy. Six years have passed, and despite the fact that India has indeed made progress in comparison with itself, the result of the reform is also evident. However, India is slow and heavy compared to other parts of Asia. One of the reasons for this situation is the instability of the Indian government. In June last year, the Congress party that defeated Dewey Gundat to replace the failed presidential election for the premier’s united front won the ruling position. The United Front itself is made up of 13 small political parties with disagreements. Its position is very fragile and it is often difficult to promote many economic readjustment policies because of internal differences of opinion. In January of this year, India’s well-known “Tata” industrial group applied for the same with Singapore