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    Acting East with ASEAN

    2018-09-06T11:42:41+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, South Asia, Year, Yearend 2016|

    India’s proactive Act East policy hinges heavily on the ASEAN free trade group and it is the many emerging economies in this collective that offer growth opportunities for Indian companies. The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprises of the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. India’s focus on a strengthened and multi-faceted relationship with ASEAN was reinvigorated at the 12th ASEAN India Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, in November 2014, when Prime Minister [...]

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      Playing catch up with China

      2018-05-18T13:04:36+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

      India has lots of ground to cover in the African continent with its own version of economic diplomacy and the New Year will mark another chapter in the India-Africa outreach programme.

      The Modi government has made much headway in its outreach to Africa but India still has lots of ground to cover before it can match Beijing’s heft in that continent.

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        An effective economic diplomacy to move forward on EU-India relations

        2018-09-05T13:32:39+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, India-EU, Year, Yearend 2016|

        The chief executive of Brussels-based trade group Eurochambres analyses whether the traditional trade agreement format is viable any more when it comes to India’s relationship with the European Union (EU). India has become the world’s fastest-growing large economy. It is the world’s seventh-largest economy in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), overtaking the G7 members Canada and Italy as well as Brazil. In 2015 India’s economy expanded despite agriculture facing a second consecutive drought year, with the Asian Development Bank [...]

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          Bimstec: A viable alternative to SAARC

          2018-09-06T10:00:41+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, South Asia, Year, Yearend 2016|

          The cancellation of the 2016 SAARC summit in Islamabad, Pakistan, marks a major turning point in the geopolitical configurations in South Asia. Bimstec wasn’t a term many people outside of government circles in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan were familiar till recently. Then, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Sri Lanka decided to pull out of the SAARC Summit in Islamabad citing Pakistan’s continuing support for and export of terrorist groups as part of its state policy. [...]

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            Is the Tata Group paying the price for being truly multinational?

            2018-05-18T13:04:38+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

            The New Year should mark a period of inward reflection for one of India’s truly global conglomerates – the Tata Group.

            What is common between Walmart, Apple, Google, General Electric, Volkswagen, HSBC and the Tata Group? These are all highly successful profitable companies or conglomerates that have branched out from their home countries to almost every corner of the world.

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              Old friendship in need of a new makeover

              2018-05-18T13:04:37+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

              Russia remains India’s largest supplier of defence and strategic equipment. It is important the relationship strengthens in other areas too to avoid a slow burnout.

              The Russian Ambassador to New Delhi said all the right things. Russia, he insisted, remained India’s BFF (best friend forever for the uninitiated) despite its recent flirtation with Pakistan. But it will take a lot more than mere protestations of undying love to convince New Delhi that its ties with Moscow are still what they were at the peak of the Indo-Soviet romance during the Cold War.

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                India’s Top 50 Outbound Investments 2016

                2018-08-10T07:56:18+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, Snapshot 2016, Year, Yearend 2016|

                Indian companies – big corporates and smaller and medium enterprises – made considerable strides this year. ‘India Global Business’ reviews some of the progress in this deal tracker. 1. Aurobindo Pharma makes French move India’s Aurobindo Pharma Ltd will be acquiring select commercial products from Israel’s Teva through its French subsidiary. Arow Generiques SAS (Arrow Generiques) will acquire the right, title and interest in products such as calcium and calcium vitamin D3, including the use of the OROCAL trademark. The [...]

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                  India’s global quest for energy security

                  2020-03-12T14:52:21+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

                  As India looks set to increase its GDP fivefold, to about $10 trillion, by 2040, it is axiomatic that the country’s energy demand will rise in tandem.

                  India recently took a small first step towards ensuring its energy security by commissioning three underground storage units of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Project with a combined capacity of 5.33 million metric tonnes of crude.

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                    India uses tech to overcome challenges

                    2018-05-18T13:04:38+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

                    Mehul Kapadia is the vice-president of Tata Communications and managing director in charge of the Formula One Business of the firm. F1, one of the most technologically advanced sports in the world, holds races across five continents and 21 countries. Here the Tata Comms chief explains why they chose the Indian tech giant and how the year 2016 has been a good one.

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                      Time to switch gears and speed up innovation

                      2018-05-18T13:04:37+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

                      India’s auto industry has arrived on the global stage but has to learn to adapt to go further.

                      With annual sales of over 20 million units, the Indian automobile industry is one of the largest in the world. It is the fourth largest market for cars behind China, US and Japan and trails only China in the global pecking order for two wheelers. It has also been one of the fastest growing automobile markets in the world at a time when there are fewer takers for cars around the world. Many believe India will emerge as the third largest market for cars as early as the turn of this decade.

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