Tag: GST

  • The narrative is turning for the better in India – on economy and elsewhere

    The narrative is turning for the better in India – on economy and elsewhere

    Prime Minister Modi’s bold move into unchartered territories has changed the economic and strategic narrative for India on the global stage, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Sometimes, you can almost see the narrative turning. Close on the heels of India vaulting into the top 100 on the…

  • Demonetisation a failure: Really?

    Demonetisation a failure: Really?

    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)…

  • The Emergence of the “Supercrat”

    The Emergence of the “Supercrat”

    India’s Revenue Secretary, Dr Hasmukh Adhia, embodies the spirit of a new-age bureaucracy, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Sardar Vallabbhai Patel, independent India’s first Home Minister, famously dubbed the bureaucracy as the “Steel frame of India’. It was, and is, India’s multi-layered bureaucracy that keeps the wheels of the…

  • Can Modi cut the Gordian Knot of NPAs?

    Can Modi cut the Gordian Knot of NPAs?

    The Indian government’s efforts to tackle non-performing assets (NPAs) are central to the growth agenda, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. It could, in times to come, rank as one of the Narendra Modi government’s boldest reform measures—and definitely as the one that exposes his government to the most damaging…

  • Big Bang tax reforms & Vodafone’s thumbs-up prove India is a shiny prospect

    Big Bang tax reforms & Vodafone’s thumbs-up prove India is a shiny prospect

    The new emerging consensus on important issues marks a tectonic shift in India’s otherwise fractious political discourse, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Now, with the excitement, din and shrill rhetoric of electioneering in five crucial Indian states is over, India’s collective mind thankfully should start getting back to business.…

  • India's "Clean-Up" Budget: Five top takeaways for foreign investors

    India's "Clean-Up" Budget: Five top takeaways for foreign investors

    Digitisation and a crackdown on bureaucracy and black money are among the many 2017 Budget highlights the global community can cheer about, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. It took some deft tightrope walking, but Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley kept his promise and delivered a growth-oriented Budget that pleased…

  • Making Brand India more bankable

    Making Brand India more bankable

    The Indian government’s shock demonetisation move is great news for investors waiting for India’s jump on the global transparency scales, says India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. India just became a much easier place to do business in. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock announcement of the withdrawal – or demonetisation –…

  • India’s biggest tax reform: A guide for foreign investors

    India’s biggest tax reform: A guide for foreign investors

    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…