Author: Manojladwa
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India’s 4G revolution will help western SMEs make it big
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by Manoj Ladwa The term game changer is bandied about rather loosely these days. So, ‘India Investment Journal’ decided to tread with caution before agreeing with the media chorus that the launch of Reliance Jio’s 4G service across India would be a “game changer” for the country’s telecom sector. First,…
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India’s Big Defence Juggle: Great progress, more to be done
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I recently met a well-known financier in London who has invested over $500 million in India. When I met him last year, he was feeling apprehensive about his investments, feeling that his “Modi-bet” may not be coming off. His investments were stagnating, the bureaucracy was still finding its feet with…
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Punjab’s global diaspora can play a major role in its economic growth; but will they?
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by Manoj Ladwa In the World Bank’s ‘Assessment of State Implementation of Business Reforms’ report, Punjab is described as: “Remarkably, the only state in [India] in which the single window system allows application for all of the licenses.” But when I speak to members of the Punjabi diaspora, their impression…
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US pivot to Asia works to India’s strategic & economic advantage
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by Manoj Ladwa President Barack Obama has called India-US relations “one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century”. Last year, he told an Indian publication: “Forging deeper ties between our two nations has been a key part of my foreign policy since I took over office.” Former Prime Minister…
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Paradigm Change in India's Foriegn Policy
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Here’s the Discussion I had the pleasure of moderating at the launch of ‘The #Modi Doctrine’ recently in New Delhi. The excellent panellists and authors of some of the most incisive chapters in the book were : Dr Shakti Sinha, Ambassador Karim (Bangladesh), Dr UK Sinha and Dr Asanga (Sri…
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Donald Trump to address Hindu Americans at New Jersey rally
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I wonder, will the US see a shift by Indians away from the Democrats to Republicans in the same way that there has been a shift from Labour to the Conservatives in the UK over the past few years? Read more…
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Liam Fox turns up volume on UK-India relations; India will ask 'Where are the lyrics'?
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by Manoj Ladwa If the ongoing turf wars between the three ministers in charge of delivering Brexit is anything to go by, the UK is yet to get its act fully together. Liam Fox, who took charge as minister for international trade in the Theresa May led government recently, will…
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Human Rights, Boluchisthan, and China's role
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I don’t know the organisers of this protest but the cause is just. As we start to learn more about the decades of atrocities in this suppressed land, it’s evident that the world community has for too long either ignored or been ignorant of the suffering of the Boluchi people.…
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India must institutionalise approach to trade negotiations
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As India takes its place as the fastest growing economy within the global economic order, it is about time the government looked at appointing a dedicated “Indian Trade Representative”, argues India Inc. CEO. Does India need a dedicated office of a Trade Representative (TR) akin to the United States Trade…
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Rebalancing Trade: Riding the tide of opportunities
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I’m reminded of a famous line from William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, which says: “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries.” We are now riding such…