Singapore – The inevitable heart of India’s Act East policy

2018-05-18T13:07:04+00:00June 11th, 2015|2015, Act East, India Investment Journal - V 3/I 2, Year|

The India-Singapore relationship was almost inevitable. With complementing comparative advantages, democracies and values it was the right fit. However, the relationship between the two remained cordial and did not really start delivering real dividend until then Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narshima Rao delivered his now historic “Look East” policy in 1994.

    India’s Solar dream is achievable

    2018-05-18T13:07:04+00:00June 11th, 2015|2015, India Investment Journal - V 3/I 2, Solar India, Year|

    Renewable energy is one of the fastest growing power generation sectors across the world, continuing to grow rapidly alongside natural gas. Since entering the solar market in 2008, Amec Foster Wheeler has delivered nearly 700 megawatts of solar engineering, procurement and construction projects in the US.

    India-China clinch 24 pacts for A Renewed Relationship

    2018-05-18T13:07:04+00:00June 11th, 2015|2015, Act East, India Investment Journal - V 3/I 2, Year|

    India has taken a giant leap to move past issues that have held its relations with China captive. China is India’s biggest trading partner with commerce between the two countries totalling $71 billion in 2014. However, the trade deficit has spiralled from just $ 1 billion in 2001-02 to more than $38 billion in the same year.

    India works on smoothing over Japan Tax issues

    2018-05-18T13:07:03+00:00June 11th, 2015|2015, Act East, India Investment Journal - V 3/I 2, Year|

    India’s road from Look East to Act East has led to resolving as many as 15 bilateral tax disputes with Japan. Tax officials from both countries will meet in Tokyo in June to sign agreements aimed solving the transfer pricing disputes relating to Japanese involvement in Indian automobile and auto ancillary sectors and large trading houses.

    Editor’s Note

    2018-05-18T13:07:05+00:00June 11th, 2015|2015, Editor's Note, India Investment Journal - V 3/I 2, Year|

    The concept of ‘Ease of Doing Business’ is more to do with perceptions of a country in the mind of overseas investors rather than simply quantifiable indices. Therefore the Indian government’s declared goal of pulling India up from the bottom of the World Bank rankings, where the country has languished for decades, is a complex one.