Arnab Mitra2020-11-18T14:50:58+00:00November 18th, 2020|India Inc Views - India Global Business|
Barring the emergence of a second wave, India seems to have the Covid situation largely under control. This is giving the government more headroom to focus on reviving the pandemic-hit economy and putting it back on a high growth trajectory.
Arnab Mitra2020-11-19T14:04:36+00:00November 18th, 2020|The Big Story - India Global Business|
The normalisation of work from home is fuelling a reverse migration of white-collar professionals to small towns to beat high costs and pollution. This, coupled with rising farm incomes, is providing a fresh thrust to India’s growth trajectory.
Arnab Mitra2020-11-19T10:43:16+00:00November 17th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|
Nirmala Sitharaman recently unveiled another booster dose to put the Indian economy back on track. It will help generate jobs and facilitate the revival of several moribund sectors. Some measures will make an immediate impact, some others that will become evident only over the medium term.
Arnab Mitra2020-11-13T11:46:45+00:00November 13th, 2020|Guest Columns - India Global Business, Insight - India Global Business|
The Amazon Web Service Cloud project will ensure higher levels of data localisation and security in India and could pave the way for the country to emerge as a major cloud storage destination. This could open up economic opportunities worth tens of billions of dollars.
Arnab Mitra2021-02-05T12:38:32+00:00November 8th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|
Exorbitant spectrum prices, $20-billion on account of SC judgment on AGR dues and the need to link thousands of telecom towers with fibre are issues Indian telcos will have to tackle before they can unleash the potential of the new 5G technology. In short, internet reliability is the immediate priority across the country.
Arnab Mitra2020-11-09T10:59:53+00:00November 7th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|
Indo-US ties enjoy wide bipartisan support in the US; so, it doesn’t really matter who sits in the Oval Office. But markets are expecting Joe Biden to unveil a mega stimulus package, which will boost stock markets worldwide. India could be a major beneficiary of such a move.
Arnab Mitra2020-11-10T12:12:55+00:00November 5th, 2020|The Big Story - India Global Business|
Many foreign firms have shown interest in providing satellite-based services in India following the Modi government’s decision to open up the space sector. It now needs to appoint a truly independent regulator and frame sensible rules to encourage investments.
Arnab Mitra2021-02-04T14:29:16+00:00November 5th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|
India is bidding to set up a real time payments system in Myanmar. If it succeeds in face of the stiff competition from MasterCard and Visa, it could open the floodgates for rolling out this payments system across other Asian markets such as UAE, Singapore and Malaysia.
Arnab Mitra2021-02-04T14:15:01+00:00November 4th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|
Investors are looking past the immediate numbers and liking what they see. The Modi government’s far-reaching reforms promise to buoy demand and GDP growth in the coming years. So, the early birds are swooping in to book their pieces of the pie.
Arnab Mitra2020-12-11T10:44:02+00:00November 3rd, 2020|In Focus: Covid-19 impact, India Inc Views - India Global Business|
India’s GST system is too complicated and has far too many slabs. A simpler regime with fewer, lower rates will improve compliance, lower prices, increase consumption demand and, most importantly, not cost the government an arm and a leg to implement.
