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India must replicate Jamnagar’s model, warns ThePrint on anti‑business and anti‑American sentiment
✍️ ThePrint
🗓 26 Oct 2026, 03:37 AM
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ThePrint’s editorial argues that anti‑business policies and reflexive anti‑American attitudes are undermining India’s national interest and calls for more industrial hubs like Jamnagar.
ThePrint published an opinion piece titled “India needs more Jamnagars. Anti‑business, knee‑jerk anti‑Americanism hurt national interest.” The article contends that recent policy signals and public discourse have become increasingly hostile to private enterprise, which the outlet says could slow economic momentum.
Using Jamnagar – home to some of the world’s largest oil refineries and petrochemical complexes – as a benchmark, the piece argues that replicating such industrial ecosystems across the country would boost manufacturing, exports and employment. It warns that a blanket anti‑American sentiment, especially when it translates into trade friction or technology denial, may deprive India of critical partnerships and investment.
The editorial calls on policymakers to adopt a more business‑friendly stance, encouraging foreign collaboration while safeguarding strategic interests, in order to sustain the country’s growth trajectory.
Using Jamnagar – home to some of the world’s largest oil refineries and petrochemical complexes – as a benchmark, the piece argues that replicating such industrial ecosystems across the country would boost manufacturing, exports and employment. It warns that a blanket anti‑American sentiment, especially when it translates into trade friction or technology denial, may deprive India of critical partnerships and investment.
The editorial calls on policymakers to adopt a more business‑friendly stance, encouraging foreign collaboration while safeguarding strategic interests, in order to sustain the country’s growth trajectory.