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    Fixing the trust deficit in India’s rental arena

    2018-12-04T10:51:58+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Wealth, Year|

    Global Indians owning property in India are always on the lookout for credible counter-parties in the Indian real estate sector and here we explore some options. India is the world’s fastest growing and third largest economy, 60 per cent of which is consumed domestically. Driven by a large population, rich resources, and skilled manpower, this growing economy experienced a gradual shift towards services and industry sectors in the past decade. With the establishment of a stable government providing a strong [...]

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      A tech solution to the waste problem

      2018-12-04T10:52:28+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Year|

      EnCashea is a company that leverages technology to find everyday solutions to the problem of waste management. We explore with its co-founder if the concept has a resonance with the traditional Indian outlook towards recycling. Leveraging the existing kabadiwala (waste/scrap collector) network to build a scalable and socially-responsible enterprise sounds like a great idea. However, from our initial experience in trying to implement such a model, we realised that maintaining a high service quality isn't possible with such a model. [...]

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        Turning around India’s housing market: India Inc Interview

        2018-12-04T10:52:59+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Wealth, Year|

        Aditya Javdekar is the CEO of Vilas Javdekar Developers, a Pune-based firm focused on sustainable housing and real estate solutions. He gives his insights into what the recently passed Real Estate Bill means for the Indian property market. What would you classify as the highlights of the Real Estate Bill? The highlights are legal title and approval disclosures; committed possession time; five- year warrantee; no misleading advertisements; commitment by developers will be a legal document; brokers will be registered property [...]

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        Swachh Bharat: Coca-cola’s mission to create a ripple effect of change

        2018-12-04T10:33:29+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Year|

        Coca-Cola is one of the world’s best-known beverages giant. Here one of its senior executives reveals how the multinational is embracing the Clean India mission as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR). There are some startling statistics that should disturb all of us; a United Nations report highlights that India accounts for 90 per cent of South Asians and 59 per cent of the global population that practices open defecation. These numbers, by themselves, make the government’s Swachh Bharat [...]

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        Aiming for a higher realty standard in India

        2018-12-04T11:02:05+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Wealth, Year|

        Muninder Seeru is managing director of G:Corp Developers Pvt Ltd, which has a range oflarge projects and over 3 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail in India to its credit. As someone with over 23 years’ experience in the real estate Industry and expertise in complex deal structuring, he uses his unique vantage point to analyse India’s new Real Estate Bill for ‘India Investment Journal’. What would you classify as the highlights of the Real Estate Bill? The [...]

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          Let cleanliness prevail in the backyard of our Swaraj

          2018-12-04T11:02:31+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Year|

          The Adani Group has interests across agriculture, logistics and energy around the world. The Ahmedabad-headquartered conglomerate filters through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) with an environmentally friendly approach through the Adani Foundation. As I pen down this piece, it evokes me to tread a little back to the 1990s when the writings of Mahatma Gandhi on cleanliness, health and hygiene, were reproduced and hugely circulated post the unfortunate outbreak of plague in Surat, Gujarat. Only for the reason that we [...]

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            A tech provider’s journey with Digital India

            2018-12-04T11:08:58+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, TechInnovate, Year|

            Lyn Duncan, chief Executive and co-founder of cloudBuy plc, takes a journey down memory lane to trace the explosion in the Indian ecommerce sector and what it has meant for their model aimed at helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs). How has cloudBuy grown in India since its launch? We opened our first Indian office in Jodhpur almost four years ago in 2012, originally to act as a back office for design and development but also to test the appetite [...]

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            A marketplace for clean, green energy

            2018-12-04T10:56:36+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Solar India, Year|

            Clickpower.in, an initiative of REConnect Energy, describes itself as a vision to help every electricity consumer in India source cheaper and cleaner power while simultaneously helping renewable energy generators discover larger consumer markets through a web-based marketplace. Its founder lays out the stage for his renewable energy agenda. REConnect Energy is India's largest renewable energy (RE) services and sourcing firm. Between renewable energy credits (REC) and forecasting and scheduling of wind/solar power (F&S), the firm is serving about 13,000 MW [...]

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            Easier for Global Indians to buy property in India

            2018-12-04T10:45:45+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Wealth, Year|

            The over 1.5 million Global Indians in the UK are among the most prolific investors in India’s real estate space. Srividya Rajan, General Manager, Corporate Sales & Brand Engagement, Sumansa Exhibitions, gives some key pointers on investing in India to coincide with the annual Indian Property Show in London in April 2016. Cities to invest in In terms of the most preferred city, according to a study conducted by Sumansa Exhibitions, Mumbai has topped the charts followed by Delhi, Bangalore, [...]

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              Getting more social with the media

              2018-12-04T10:46:50+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, TechInnovate, Year|

              @PiyushGoyal is among India’s most active ministers on the social media circuit. The minister for power, coal, new and renewable energy says he wants to have an app for just about everything his ministry can be held accountable for. We explore what drives this media buzz. He has often been described as one of the most energetic ministers in the Narendra Modi Cabinet for his uncanny ability to meet renewable energy targets before time. Piyush Goyal recently announced that the [...]

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