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    Making India globally competitive: The Impact of Indian industry in the UK

    2018-07-26T13:47:14+00:00June 5th, 2018|2017/2018, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

    The United Kingdom stands at strategic crossroads after the unexpected Brexit vote. While it continues its negotiations with the European Union (EU) and its members, it must re-engage with the rest of the world for a fair and free economic relationship. Industry and businesses are following political developments in the UK very closely. While investors are anxious regarding Brexit, Indian industry continues to grow its footprint and deepen its impact in the UK, creating jobs, contributing to revenue and enabling [...]

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      Innovation a cornerstone of India’s tech revolution

      2018-07-26T13:47:39+00:00June 5th, 2018|2017/2018, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

      A Digital India expert weighs up how innovation in India can leapfrog developments to lead a 4th industrial revolution. Technology is a game changer, and India has the potential to not only be a leader for our 1.3 billion but also leapfrog development and lead in introducing the 4th industrial revolution to the next 6 billion globally. Innovation has been the cornerstone of India’s technological revolution, with Bharat – the 70 per cent of India that lives in villages – [...]

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        Future-proofing the UK-India connect

        2018-07-26T13:50:22+00:00June 5th, 2018|2017/2018, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

        A budding young British politician reviews the role to be played by the next generation of UK-India champions. Indians in the UK account for 2.3 per cent of the population and make up the single-largest visible ethnic minority population in the country. The British Indian community is the sixth-largest within the wider Indian Diaspora. Over 10,000 Indians start university education in the UK every year, many of whom then return to India, including such luminaries as Mahatma Gandhi, Manmohan Singh [...]

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          Has the UK undersold itself in India?

          2020-03-26T10:47:02+00:00June 5th, 2018|2017/2018, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

          It is time for India to grasp the size of opportunities the UK has to offer, writes a well-heeled UK-India dealmaker. Almost 20 years ago, the then UK Prime Minister appointed me to the UK India Roundtable to suggest policies to the Prime Ministers of both countries to enhance ties. Both country’s governments have sought closer ties for decades. But what of the future? What more can be done? India’s GDP grew at 7.1 per cent in 2016- 2017, and [...]

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            What does Brexit mean for Indian companies?

            2018-07-26T13:51:42+00:00June 5th, 2018|2017/2018, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

            A leading financial adviser addresses the impact of Britain’s referendum to leave the European Union (EU) on UK-India investment prospects. We are approaching the second anniversary of the historic vote that became the starting gun for the UK’s dash for freedom from the EU. I say dash, but it feels more like a slow, painful drudge through endless political posturing, long painful negotiations behind closed doors and a tiresome tirade of “told-you-so’s”. If we look at what has been achieved, [...]

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              India, UK can work together to reject protectionism

              2020-11-24T08:45:07+00:00June 5th, 2018|2017/2018, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

              As the UK establishes an independent trade policy for the first time in 40 years, the Department for International Trade (DIT) is ensuring that the UK’s trading relationship with India continues to grow apace. The strength of the India-UK relationship is already impressive. Total trade in goods and services between the UK and India was £18 billion in 2017, a 15 per cent increase from 2016 and we also have exceptionally strong investment links; the UK has been the largest [...]

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                Britain backs India’s solar alliance agenda

                2020-03-26T11:43:56+00:00June 5th, 2018|2017/2018, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

                Some solid investments laid the groundwork for closer India-UK relations in recent weeks. UK joins India-led International Solar Alliance The UK joined the India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's four-day visit to Britain. At an event held at the London Stock Exchange as part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 (CHOGM), Britain formally announced its membership of the alliance, which aims to raise $1 trillion of private and public finance to provide affordable [...]

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                  FinTech, infrastructure in focus

                  2020-03-26T11:47:16+00:00June 5th, 2018|2017/2018, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

                  From strengthening its financial technology partnership to expanding infrastructure funding sources, India-UK ties cover a wide remit. NIIF, UK tie up for new green fund The Indian government’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund of India (NIIF) announced a partnership with the UK government to launch Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), an alternative investment fund registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). NIIF and the UK government have committed £120 million each for the fund which will be [...]

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                    Many questions left to answer in the UK-India Partnership

                    2018-08-24T12:19:07+00:00June 4th, 2018|2017/2018, Home Page, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

                    UK must realise the importance of the UK-India partnership in the global talent race. The first ever UK-India Week finds both nations at a crossroads. Brexit is an opportunity to forge a new, global identity for Britain, while India – the fastest-growing major economy in the world, a rapidly emerging nation – finds itself at a strategic apex, ready to take its place among the world’s top economic powers: Global Britain meets Global India. There are many questions left to [...]

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                      What businesses can do; what businesses must do?

                      2020-03-24T07:42:03+00:00June 4th, 2018|2017/2018, Putting it in context, Special Edition - June 2018|

                      Businesses driven by profits alone need to relook at their goals, writes a financial services expert. In today’s times of uncertainty, inequality and conflict, the role of business in driving ‘social change’ is relevant like never before. Businesses and organisations driven by profits alone need to relook at their goals. Businesses that seek to address challenges like climate change, water and hunger issues, poverty alleviation through financial empowerment to bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots can survive gainfully [...]

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