Category: Sector Focus

  • India’s claim to becoming a major global export hub gets big boost

    India’s claim to becoming a major global export hub gets big boost

    A recent raft of measures revising India’s foreign trade policy is set to bolster exports and further the ease of doing business in the country, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. The Narendra Modi government this week gave a big boost to flagging Indian exports by announcing several…

  • The UK-India partnership thrives on London’s power to raise green finance

    The UK-India partnership thrives on London’s power to raise green finance

    Vince Cable’s ambition to establish the global capital of green finance in London is just the kind of vision our Indian partners want to see from the UK’s political leaders. India – home to almost half of the world’s most-polluted cities – knows the environmental cost of its rapid economic…

  • In defence of a strategic Make in India policy

    In defence of a strategic Make in India policy

    The Strategic Partnership Policy (SPP) could throw open deals worth over $20bn to six selected private sector companies in India. India’s defence forces will get their first fighter jets, submarines, helicopters and armoured vehicles made in India by the private sector within a few years. And it is entirely probable…

  • Solving India’s electricity deficit

    Solving India’s electricity deficit

    The easy availability of electricity is a critical enabler of socio-economic growth in India, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. The basic building block for sustained economic growth is now in place. From a chronically electricity-deficit country, India has, in a space of three short years, turned the power sector…

  • India’s global quest for energy security

    India’s global quest for energy security

    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…