Tag: Economy
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Tackling the Dragon in India’s cyber rooms
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Despite his long-held belief in India’s systematic economic liberalisation and opening to global competition, India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa raises concerns about China’s current free-run in the country’s buoyant social media space. I recently read a very disturbing piece in ‘The Times’ (London) about Russia allegedly “targeting British teenagers as part of…
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Demonetisation has shaken up the shadow economy
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The efficacy of the Indian government’s move to demonetise bank notes in November 2016 must also be judged by its positive impact on the global supply chain, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. It’s a tale of two reports, each of which tells a different story. But…
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Trump continues to confound friends and foes alike
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Is Trump simply grandstanding in China or is he willing to cut a deal with Xi even if it means ruffling feathers in democratic capitals around the world? Your guess is as good as mine, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. Let me begin with an honest confession:…
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Sorry critics, but the figures say you’re wrong about the Indian economy
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India Inc. Founder & CEO goes behind the headline data to highlight why economic growth is on a revival path. The problem with most economic reform measures is that the pain is front-loaded and the losers feel the pinch immediately but the gains are spread over many future quarters and…
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Rahul Gandhi: Wake up from your dynastic la-la land, stop insulting hardworking Indians
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India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa rips into Rahul Gandhi for belittling hardworking young Indians who are progressing on their merit, and says the wannabe PM needs to wake up from his dynastic la-la land. I must confess that Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with students at the University…
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Demonetisation a failure: Really?
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Lazy journalism has resulted in painting an incomplete picture of what demonetisation really means for the Indian economy, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. There is a large section in the Indian media (and I include the India correspondents of many western agencies and publications in this basket)…
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India@70 ready for relationships of equals
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As India marks its 70th year of Independence, India Inc. CEO and Founder Manoj Ladwa spells out the contours of what a more proactive UK-India partnership could look like. In the 70 years since independence, the UK’s bilateral relationship with India has undergone many twists and turns, but the biggest…
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The race is on. Let’s make India and the UK a ‘Winning Partnership’
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The UK’s ‘transactional’ relationship with India has less value than it once did. We need a transformational relationship fit for the age of radical ideas, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Timing is everything. As Prime Minister Theresa May and her team opened Brexit negotiations in Brussels, the London launch…
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UK & India: Where are we heading?
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Our cover story this time is aptly titled ‘Yeh Dosti’. Indian readers will be familiar with the eponymous song from the iconic Bollywood blockbuster ‘Sholay’, which, even 42 years after its release, remains synonymous with undying friendship and renewal of relationships. To dwell a little further on the renewal analogy, here in…
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Arun Jaitley: Batting for growth
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Some heavy hitting from the Finance Minister puts the Indian economy on a winning wicket, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. After all the excitement over the Bharatiya Janata Party’s 4-1 sweep of the recently concluded Assembly elections, it is time once again to focus on the nuts of bolts…