Category: Articles
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India's radical and much needed civil service reforms
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Mission Karmayogi, the Modi government’s much needed initiative to radically reform India’s gargantuan bureaucracy could well become a global benchmark and help in the drive to make India much more globally competitive, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. The Indian government has launched what is, arguably, the biggest…
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Does the race to the White House really matter for India Inc
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The broad bipartisan support for closer strategic and economic ties with India means that on the face of it Trump or Biden will be equally good (or bad) for India. However, with wider geo-political issues at stake and the huge influence that Indian American voters could have on the outcome…
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Getting fit for a post-Covid World India's huge privatisation programme
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Prime Minister Modi has repeatedly asserted that government has ‘no business being in business’. But critics doubted the rhetoric. This week Modi announced the biggest and most ambitious privatisation programme of state assets ever and in doing sends a strong signal that the Indian state is getting leaner and fitter…
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It can’t be business as usual with China
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China has not been transparent about its handling of COVID-19, and now is clandestinely profiteering while the rest of the world struggles to cope. This is not the sort of responsible behaviour we expect of a world power, writes India Inc. Group Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=””…
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COVID-19 to change how we live, work and govern ourselves
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COVID-19 will force businesses and governments to fundamentally rethink. This will have fast, drastic and permanent implications for society, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”custom” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” backgroundcolor=”#d7d7d7″ class=”” ]Highlights: COVID-19 is forcing companies to fundamentally rethink work patterns and environments, and encourage…
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Time to raise our game on gender balance
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India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa reflects on the imperative for gender equality in leadership and the need to walk the talk on International Women’s Day. As I was walking through Dubai Airport this week, I was startled by a Standard Chartered advertisement which pointed out that only 6.6 per…
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The real takeaway from Trump’s India visit
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In assiduously wooing Indian investments, US President Donald Trump has signalled to the world (especially China) that the economic and strategic agendas of the US and India are more aligned than ever before, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”custom” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” backgroundcolor=”#d7d7d7″ class=”” ]Highlights: While President…
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Theatre of the absurd: India’s telecom sector
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All stakeholders are to blame for the mess India’s telecom companies find themselves in, and it’s damaging India’s efforts to project an investor friendly image abroad, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”custom” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” backgroundcolor=”#d7d7d7″ class=”” ]Highlights: India’s Department of Telecommunications’ unreasonable demand…
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Don’t cloud Modi’s progressive agenda
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The shrill debate around the Indian government’s recent decisions on Kashmir and citizenship has clouded a slew of measures that reflect a broader, more progressive social and economic narrative, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. If you read much of the media coverage on India these days, you…
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Coronavirus outbreak: India offers Global Inc. an alternative
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The coronavirus crisis should nudge the world towards some quick thinking to de-risk and diversify its bets, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. It’s official: the coronavirus outbreak in China is the world’s first “global health emergency” in this new era of major power rivalry. Besides the obvious…