Author: Manojladwa
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India's "Clean-Up" Budget: Five top takeaways for foreign investors
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Digitisation and a crackdown on bureaucracy and black money are among the many 2017 Budget highlights the global community can cheer about, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. It took some deft tightrope walking, but Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley kept his promise and delivered a growth-oriented Budget that pleased…
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Modi's approach to the Arab 'problem' contrasts to Trump's bluster
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As isolationist tendencies gather momentum in the West, India as a liberal democracy ready to do business can offer a template for a better world order, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. The dynamics shaping the new world order are not new. Now, as at almost any other time in…
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Trumpeting Brexit
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India will have to be careful the tide of anti-globalisation does not derail its own march to economic growth, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Two events, unrelated at some levels, but intrinsically connected to the world’s – and India’s – continuing economic prosperity are unfolding simultaneously on two sides…
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Can demonetisation deliver votes?
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Good economics has given rich political returns over the last decade. Will the trend hold in 2017? In India, conventional wisdom had it, for decades, that good economics makes for bad politics. Some politicians still think caste, religion and populism are more important factors than economic growth. It is probably…
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Gujarat – India's Laboratory of Development
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Gujarat is a laboratory of a development model that is uniquely home-grown, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. A lot has been written and even more spoken of the Gujarat Model of Development that has been praised the world over, including by the United Nations. But in India,…
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Will the emergence of a 'New Delhi Consensus' be the big new idea of 2017?
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Manoj Ladwa, founder and CEO of India Inc. argues that the world is in need of some new big ideas, and Modi’s guiding ideals of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas and Antyodaya may well be the answer. “The world today is wild with the delirium of hatred, the conflicts are cruel…
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India’s global quest for energy security
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As India looks set to increase its GDP fivefold, to about $10 trillion, by 2040, it is axiomatic that the country’s energy demand will rise in tandem. India recently took a small first step towards ensuring its energy security by commissioning three underground storage units of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve…
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Despite the headwinds India’s global march will continue
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The year that began with lots of hope is drawing to a close on a note of concern and some cautious optimism. In between, there was shock, some not so pleasant surprises and renewed promise of a better future. It’s always a huge risk to pre-judge history but I think…
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2016: Year of the Disruptors
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India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa looks back at the year gone by to weigh up its many disruptions and how they may not all be necessarily damaging. When one looks back at 2016 from the vantage point of the coming year, one will be forgiven, with the benefit of hindsight,…
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Go Global to be mantra for Indian companies in 2017
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India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa weighs up why now is the right time for Indian firms to further plug into the global supply chain and generate thousands of jobs. Indian businesses have, over the last decade, emerged as a major source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in many countries around…