Unlocking India’s land banks

    2020-08-20T06:53:51+00:00May 12th, 2020|Globally Speaking - India Global Business|

    The Modi government’s move to create a land bank twice the size of Luxembourg to provide foreign investors with on-demand plug and play infrastructure will make India attractive for companies leaving China, writes India Inc. Group Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. Highlights: The Gujarat government’s decision to allocate plots to interested companies within seven days will address a huge pain point for foreign and domestic investors. This coupled with the Modi government’s decision to create a land bank of 463,000 [...]

      Let’s not waste a good crisis 

      2021-02-18T06:26:45+00:00May 11th, 2020|Globally Speaking - India Global Business|

       Countries reform fastest during crises. India is no exception. In a six-part series starting tomorrow, India Inc. Group Founder and CEO, Manoj Ladwa explains how COVID-19 presents India with an opportunity to push through reforms that can herald a new economic renaissance. Highlights: The current government has the political capital to push through necessary, but politically contentious, measures to ease processes, cut down bureaucracy and eliminate corruption. It is planning to prepare a stimulus and reforms package to revive the [...]

        ‘Learning’ as a coping mechanism

        2020-08-20T06:54:09+00:00April 24th, 2020|2020, Globally Speaking - India Global Business, North America Edition – 24 April-07 May 2020, UK Edition – 24 April-07 May 2020|

        From Harvard offering 67 free courses and Nike’s NTC premium workouts to Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s inspired #LetMenCook challenge — India Inc. Group Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa explores the many amazing self-development opportunities that will help us get stronger and sharper on the other side of the pandemic. Who among us, at some point, hasn’t wished for a break, a few leisurely days spent away from the cacophony of the everyday? This, however, is not a [...]

          Can we really trust Zoom?

          2020-08-20T06:55:30+00:00April 10th, 2020|2020, Globally Speaking - India Global Business, North America Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020, UK Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020|

          We are all ‘zooming’ these days. But can we trust the platform that is taking over our lives? India Inc. Group Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa asks the tough questions that will make us sit up and think. Highlights: Zoom’s installer software doesn’t warn users that it contains codes that send data to Facebook and other third parties and that the software has bugs that can be used to spy on people. There have been multiple instances of unauthorised people [...]

            It can’t be business as usual with China

            2020-08-20T06:23:20+00:00March 27th, 2020|2020, Globally Speaking - India Global Business, North America Edition – 27 March-09 April 2020, UK Edition – 27 March-09 April 2020|

            China has not been transparent about its handling of COVID-19, and now is clandestinely profiteering while the rest of the world struggles to cope. This is not the sort of responsible behaviour we expect of a world power, writes India Inc. Group Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. Highlights: As the world moves from denial to survival, there is no doubt that China has a lot to answer for. While other countries struggle to cope with the pandemic, China has been [...]

              COVID-19 to change how we live, work and govern ourselves

              2020-08-20T06:54:30+00:00March 13th, 2020|2020, Globally Speaking - India Global Business, North America Edition – 13 March-26 March 2020, UK Edition – 13 March-26 March 2020|

              COVID-19 will force businesses and governments to fundamentally rethink. This will have fast, drastic and permanent implications for society, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. Highlights: COVID-19 is forcing companies to fundamentally rethink work patterns and environments, and encourage staff to work from home. Companies are looking at virtual meetings as a temporary solution, but it could lead to a spurt in more blended virtual and real-world experiences in the future. With the prospect of parliaments and courts [...]

                The real takeaway from Trump’s India visit

                2020-08-20T06:54:41+00:00March 2nd, 2020|2020, Globally Speaking - India Global Business, UK Edition – 28 Feb-12 March 2020|

                In assiduously wooing Indian investments, US President Donald Trump has signalled to the world (especially China) that the economic and strategic agendas of the US and India are more aligned than ever before, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. Highlights: While President Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ agenda might seem at odds with PM Modi’s ‘Make in India’ push, a deeper look might reveal the two to be complementary. Partnering with India gives the US a combined cost, talent and scale [...]

                  Don’t cloud Modi’s progressive agenda

                  2020-08-20T06:54:49+00:00February 14th, 2020|2020, Globally Speaking - India Global Business, North America Edition – 14 Feb-27 Feb 2020, UK Edition – 14 Feb-27 Feb 2020|

                  The shrill debate around the Indian government’s recent decisions on Kashmir and citizenship has clouded a slew of measures that reflect a broader, more progressive social and economic narrative, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. If you read much of the media coverage on India these days, you could be forgiven for being left with an impression that the country is on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. Its vibrant democracy and tradition of standing strong on human [...]

                    The next Brexit chapter: Trust and trade

                    2020-08-20T06:55:00+00:00January 31st, 2020|2020, Globally Speaking - India Global Business, North America Edition – 31 Jan-13 Feb 2020, UK Edition – 31 Jan-13 Feb 2020|

                    India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa looks back at the long and arduous journey of the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU), through some iconic ‘India Global Business’ front covers since 2016, and weighs up the UK’s own tryst with destiny. Highlights: Now that one Brexit chapter is over, it is time to turn the page on to the next one – one built on trust and forward-looking to stronger new partnerships. The opportunities for the UK and [...]

                      Happy New Year… um?

                      2020-08-20T06:15:19+00:00January 17th, 2020|2020, Globally Speaking - India Global Business, North America Edition – 10 January 2020, UK Edition – 10 January 2020|

                      Sir David Attenborough’s “moment of crisis,” and Greta Thunberg’s ongoing campaign to shake the world’s most powerful into acting faster on climate change, highlights that there are other priorities to President Trump’s conflict with Iran that must not be relegated, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. Highlights: The US assassination of a serving Iranian army general and the Iranian retaliation poses a diplomatic challenge for India’s Narendra Modi government. India’s possible de-escalating role here should not be underestimated. [...]