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  • Delivery vs Denial: Modi and Trump on climate change

    Delivery vs Denial: Modi and Trump on climate change

    The Indian Prime Minister continues to walk the talk on tackling climate change in the face of Trump’s delusional denial, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. Away from the raging debates over the state of the Indian economy, there’s another issue that is attracting a lot of attention…

  • Consigning Tebbit to history, unleashing the Diaspora Dividend

    Consigning Tebbit to history, unleashing the Diaspora Dividend

    By appointing the most ethnically diverse Cabinet in history, Boris Johnson has consigned the ‘Tebbit Test’ to history. He must now unleash the true potential of Britain’s diaspora communities, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. A few weeks ago, we witnessed the greatest game of cricket in history.…

  • Modi begins crucial reforms of India’s bureaucracy

    Modi begins crucial reforms of India’s bureaucracy

    As the Indian Prime Minister launches critical reforms of India’s bureaucratic structures, foreign affairs and trade must go hand in hand, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. To say that India’s bureaucracy is in need of reform would be an understatement. But no Indian Prime Minister has dared…

  • Trump takes aim at India; how should India respond?

    Trump takes aim at India; how should India respond?

    India needs a more strategic approach than just retaliatory measures to tackle the US President on global trade, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. In US President Donald Trump’s playbook, trade and strategic relationships with important allies seem to reside in mutually exclusive tight silos. How else can…

  • Sitharaman walks the talk for foreign investors

    Sitharaman walks the talk for foreign investors

    India’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, aims to steady the economy alongside some attractive tax concessions for foreign direct investment (FDI) with the Indian Budget, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Foreign investors should be pleased. Presenting the first Budget of Narendra Modi’s second term, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala…

  • Let’s Play: Time to pick up the pace, grab missed opportunities

    Let’s Play: Time to pick up the pace, grab missed opportunities

    UK-India Week 2019 offers the perfect pitch for the UK and India to take to the crease to hit some big targets and defend the international rules-based order, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. This year’s UK-India Week comes at a very crucial juncture in the bilateral relationship…

  • ‘UK-India Week 2019 is about setting the pace for an exciting new innings’

    ‘UK-India Week 2019 is about setting the pace for an exciting new innings’

    Speech by Manoj Ladwa at the Launch of UK-India Week 2019, House of Lords Your Excellency, Secretary of State, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen Thank you Jitesh [Lord Gadhia].  Thank you for those very kind and generous words. But, it’s always dangerous speaking after Lord Gadhia, who has perfected that…

  • Setting the pace for UK-India relations: Awards nominees announced

    Setting the pace for UK-India relations: Awards nominees announced

    The shortlisted nominees for the Awards at the heart of UK-India Week 2019 reflect the true impact and growing pace of the winning partnership between the two countries, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Just as Modi 2.0 takes shape after an overwhelming mandate for the Prime Minister…

  • Ballé Ballé Boris

    Ballé Ballé Boris

    Boris Johnson has emerged as the frontrunner in a Brexit-battered leadership contest and India will be hoping for exactly what the entire UK also wants – clarity, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. The boisterous Boris Johnson is by far the frontrunner in the race to lead a…

  • Tackling India’s many fault lines

    Tackling India’s many fault lines

    In tackling it’s many deep-rooted fault lines, India needs continuity, businesses need consistency, and the world needs stability, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Yesterday, India’s Opposition Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi tweeted what looked like a page from the online ‘Oxford English Dictionary’ and claimed a new…