Category: Articles
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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…
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Indian Ocean Conference – Singapore
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What a cracking line up for the India Foundation Indian Ocean Conference next week in Singapore. Am looking forward to attending the event and also significantly the first India Foundation International Board meeting. Well done to Ram Madhav ji, Shourya, and especially Guru Prakash and the entire NextGen IF team…
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Good for our communities, good for Punjab, bad for the terrorists
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During his UK visit last November, PM Modi met and listened patiently to over 25 leaders from the Sikh Community. He promised to look into a decades old practice of blacklisting, and true to his word, he has delivered. Not sure about the spin TOI has given linking the announcement…
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'Stop RSS baiting' says BBC icon Mark Tully while launching Rajiv Kumar's new book – Modi & His Challenges
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The first of 3 book launches I am attending this week in New Delhi. Looks like it’s raining books here! India’s energetic Energy minister Piyush Goyal launched #Modi & His Challenges by my friend and economist Rajiv Kumar. A frank assessment of the Modi government over the past two years, and what…
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India’s biggest tax reform: A guide for foreign investors
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When Prime Minister Modi came to power he promised to tackle ‘tax terrorism” – a recognition that India’s taxation regime was too complicated, cumbersome, inefficient, and significantly prone to corruption. India’s parliament this week has passed the most ambitious tax reform measures in its history. With the rollout of the…
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Hello Mr Trump, India calling
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by Manoj Ladwa Will the real Donald Trump please stand up! First, he mimics an Indian call centre executive’s accent as a proxy for how globalisation is hurting the US; he rails against H1B visa holders decimating “women and minorities” in the US; and then, in an about turn, says:…
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Namaste! HSS, Why?
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This weekend thousands of people from across the UK will be converging on a purpose built tent village just outside London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of HSS UK. I too am looking forward to the celebrations and meeting many old friends, some I haven’t seen for over 25 years.…
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What will India make of Churchill bhakht Boris Johnson
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by Manoj Ladwa Theresa May has been brutal in the selection of ministers who will serve in her government. The new British Prime Minister used the opportunity for a widespread cull of ministers who bore any semblance of loyalty to her predecessors. In keeping with the age-old adage “keep your…
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Modi says Hey Presto!
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India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa digs deep into the Indian government’s recent Reforms Rush and explores what it means for India and the world economy. Just when criticism was mounting at the pace of reforms and foreign investors were getting jittery, the Narendra Modi government announced a raft of reforms…