On the road from Make to Move in India

    2018-10-31T14:09:43+00:00November 1st, 2016|2016, Other Highlights, Special Edition - November 2016, Year|

    Nitin Gadkari is among one of the Narendra Modi led government’s biggest assets and has undoubtedly shaken things up as the minister for road transport, highways and shipping. He takes some valuable time out of his incessant schedule for ‘India Investment Journal’ to take stock of where things stand in terms of his enormous infrastructure challenge.

      Some gains on ease of doing business, but more needs to be done

      2018-10-30T10:57:15+00:00November 1st, 2016|2016, Other Highlights, Special Edition - November 2016, Year|

      The World Bank’s representative working at the heart of the definitive ‘Doing Business’ rankings revisits the Indian government’s pledge to improve the country’s rating on global charts. The overall assessment is good but there is a long road ahead to achieve a truly business-friendly environment. The private sector is often described as the ‘engine of economic growth’, given its critical role in creating jobs, which enable citizens and countries to prosper. However, several factors, such as lack of access to finance or burdensome processes for starting a new business, can undermine private enterprise and, if left unaddressed, can impede growth.

        India on a click

        2018-10-30T10:57:44+00:00November 1st, 2016|2016, Other Highlights, Special Edition - November 2016, Year|

        Amazon’s India chief presents case studies to show how the global e-commerce giant is using technology to evolve and transform lives in this exclusive article for ‘India Investment Journal’. As a rule, Nadeem would come across as a predictable face in a ‘National Geographic’ documentary on Mumbai’s humming Dharavi. His job in a small leather workshop earned him just enough to meet household expenses.

          Let cleanliness prevail in the backyard of our Swaraj

          2018-10-30T10:58:16+00:00November 1st, 2016|2016, Other Highlights, Special Edition - November 2016, 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 were all sensitised and motivated so much on maintaining sanitation and hygiene, Surat was transformed to become one of the cleanest cities of the nation. And, it continues to be so till date.

            Operational mechanics for new non-dom laws

            2018-10-31T14:24:27+00:00October 18th, 2016|2016, More from this edition, October 2016, Other Highlights, Special Edition - November 2016, Year|

            In August 2016, the UK government issued further consultation on the rules affecting the taxation of non-UK domiciled individuals and inheritance tax on UK residential property. In the lead up to the final legislation which will follow the consultation, a tax expert delves into the impact on Global Indians. Draft legislation includes details of wide-ranging changes to the tax landscape for so-called “non-doms” and UK residential property, due to take effect from 6 April 2017. Domicile Deemed domicile In any [...]