Tag: FDI
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India’s Big Defence Juggle: Great progress, more to be done
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I recently met a well-known financier in London who has invested over $500 million in India. When I met him last year, he was feeling apprehensive about his investments, feeling that his “Modi-bet” may not be coming off. His investments were stagnating, the bureaucracy was still finding its feet with…
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Paradigm Change in India's Foriegn Policy
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Here’s the Discussion I had the pleasure of moderating at the launch of ‘The #Modi Doctrine’ recently in New Delhi. The excellent panellists and authors of some of the most incisive chapters in the book were : Dr Shakti Sinha, Ambassador Karim (Bangladesh), Dr UK Sinha and Dr Asanga (Sri…
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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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Corruption in India & blacklisting foreign companies: The Conundrum
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Indian news has for the past few weeks been dominated by corruption allegations and counter-allegations. That’s nothing new. First came the Panama files, where Who’s Who of India’s elite were identified as having used the dubious tax-haven to channel allegedly illicit funds. Then came the big whammy, when an Italian…
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All Roads to Gadkari: India’s Trillion Dollar Man
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India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa weighs up the ‘India Opportunity’ and where the China factor fits in today. Foreign investors can’t help but be charmed by India’s people, especially its aspirational and highly educated youth, are comforted that English is the language of business, and are enticed by…
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Make in India week another marker in India’s transition
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It is a fact that the previous Indian government had left the country’s economy in a bad shape – rising unemployment, widening fiscal deficit, high inflation, and persistently high interest rates with no pressure to lower them. The image of the country was battered at every twist and turn by…
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India a bright spot in a volatile world economy
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The Indian economy is, arguably, among the few bright spots in a world racked by a stubborn and persistent slowdown. IMF chief Christine Lagarde says so and investors around the world seem to agree. Just look at the hard numbers: foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into India soared 24.5 per…
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India is abysmal when it comes to ease of doing business. Will it ever change? Here’s what Manoj Ladwa would do.
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Has doing business in India become easier? The simple answer is no. I have been advising foreign companies establish and do business (big and small) in India for nearly 20 years. During this time India has transformed from a closed economy to an open one and from an agriculture-entrenched system…
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A welcome message from the courts that India is open for business
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Income Tax departments across the world have a reputation to live up to. Especially in times where their Government’s coffers are stretched and the outlook is bleak. Cash is King, and Income Tax officials are under that much more pressure to do whatever it takes bring the cash in.
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Europe Matters to India. India Matters to Europe. The Question is – How Much?
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The Eurozone was looking like a very gloomy place a month ago. The clouds have still not dispersed. But I would like to remind everyone of one of Maya Angelou’s famous quotes: “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue…