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    Drivers behind Indian solar growth

    2020-03-12T14:40:09+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, Flagship Schemes, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

    A leading solar sector expert analyses the factors behind India’s renewables revolution for ‘India Investment Journal’. From a miniscule 10MW energy generation capacity in 2010 to 8GW in 2016, is a giant leap that the Indian solar sector has successfully made. Reduction in costs and increased global demand for solar installation have played a major role in giving India a prominent place in global solar sector, but there are a few more components that have contributed to such revolutionary success. [...]

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      Now, for the next steps towards GST

      2020-03-12T08:13:45+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal September Edition, Make in India, Year|

      The GST is still several crucial steps away from reality but the Modi government is moving methodically for its rollout from April 1 next year. On September 1, 2016 Odisha became the 16th state to ratify the Constitutional Amendment Bill that will pave the way for the passage of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill, thus, fulfilling the constitutional requirement of at least half of India’s 29 states approving the bill. The President has, since, signed the 122nd Constitutional [...]

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        The Dancing Elephant: India’s reform-fuelled economic growth

        2018-12-04T13:35:12+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal September Edition, Policy India, Year|

        The Indian economy, often referred to as an elephant, is in dancing mode as reforms and ease of doing business measures start showing results on the ground, legal experts tell ‘India Investment Journal’ in this review. The Indian economy continues to be one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Analysts attribute this growth to reforms initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, including e-governance to remove the physical interface between citizens and bureaucrats, inclusive growth by connecting 180 [...]

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          Investing in toilets not such a waste

          2018-12-04T13:36:14+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, Flagship Schemes, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

          The founder of a leading social movement in India believes Global Indians can offer the perfect solution to India’s shortage of toilets. The founder of Sulabh International, Bindeshwar Pathak, has called on Global Indians to invest in the Swachh Bharat mission to make India open defecation free by 2019. Dr Pathak, who was recently in London to attend a conference on Smart Cities, said non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the UK and around the world can play a vital role to help India build nearly 12 crore toilets by 2019 [...]

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            Lining up for a new start

            2018-12-04T13:37:49+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, Cover Feature: Defence, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

            The Modi government's Make in India programme promises to revive India's stuttering domestic defence industry and make India self-sufficient over the next two decades. It is one piece of statistics that no Indian is proud of. That India, the world’s fastest growing country, the ninth largest economy and, by common agreement, the brightest economic spot in the world, is also the world’s largest arms importer is a huge matter of concern for India’s political leadership and strategic community. India imports [...]

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              India, Cyprus overhaul their tax agreement

              2018-12-04T13:38:29+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal September Edition, Wealth, Year|

              ‘India Investment Journal’ reviews the new double taxation treaty between India and Cyprus and how it would impact tax avoiders. The Indian Cabinet recently approved a revised Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Cyprus, marking the culmination of its tax talks with the country as part of a wider drive to plug loopholes used by investors to avoid paying taxes in India. Cyprus is a major source of foreign fund flows into the country. From April 2000 until March 2016, [...]

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                Employee of India

                2018-12-04T13:39:22+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal September Edition, Invest India Update, Year|

                Shankar Ranganathan sacrificed millions of dollars in lost bonuses at the world's top consultancy firms to heed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to help rebuild India. Today I work for India. My client is not an MNC in Southeast Asia or Australia or the Middle East. At Invest India, our mission is to bring out a step-change in how and how much FDI comes into India. Our team of young professionals at Invest India are working to create immediate and [...]

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                  GST looks set to be a game changer, but there are challenges ahead

                  2018-12-04T13:39:51+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal September Edition, Make in India, Year|

                  UK India Business Council experts analyse what GST will mean for businesses worldwide and the challenges it faces in this ‘India Investment Journal’ special report. The introduction of GST will be a game changer for India, its economy, and for Mr Modi himself. When surveyed last October, 50 per cent of UK India Business Council members cited GST as the single most important reform they wanted the Modi Government to enact. The mood, now, is naturally positive. Perhaps some of [...]

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                    Investment enabler

                    2018-12-05T07:23:38+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal September Edition, Invest India Update, Year|

                    Shruti Chandra gave up a promising career at a global Big 4 consultancy to help build India into the world’s top investment destination. Her job: hand hold foreign investors from conceptualisation to cash flow. It was a mini-crisis. One of the world’s largest retail chains had been served notice to shut shop at duty free areas of Delhi and Mumbai airports. Reason: its security clearance had expired. The chain was staring at losses of Rs 1 crore a week but [...]

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                      The transition to formal funding

                      2018-12-05T07:24:00+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal September Edition, Wealth, Year|

                      Property expert Deepak Varghese explains why there is some optimism within India’s real estate segment in his regular ‘India Investment Journal’ column. As always, come August and it denotes the start of the festive season which translates into four months of consumerism. While the past two seasons were quite lean, this year - on the back of rising optimism in the stock markets led by a seemingly average monsoon, a positive sentiment seems to be rubbing off on the real [...]

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