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    Robust growth in external trade to drive GST success

    2018-08-02T12:36:51+00:00May 11th, 2017|2017/2018, Last Word, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

    A US Federal Reserve report forecasts that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has the potential to hike India’s GDP by nearly $100 billion. The US Federal Reserve has confirmed what many people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, have been saying for a long time. Countering nay-sayers, they have maintained that the Goods & Services Tax (GST), which will come into force from July 1 this year, will push India into a higher growth trajectory [...]

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      An all-weather relationship

      2020-03-06T10:24:21+00:00May 11th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

      ‘India Global Business’ analyses UK-India relations and identifies key areas of cooperation that the two countries must build upon and key areas of divergence that they must bridge in order to fulfil the potential of the relationship. The potential of the relationship is massive, but India and the UK are barely scratching the surface. The optimism that the two countries would sign a trade deal in the immediate aftermath of Brexit and signal closer all round ties has waned considerably [...]

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        Not a time to pull up the drawbridge

        2018-06-08T13:28:33+00:00May 9th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

        Britain’s minister in charge of international trade makes the case for an open global trading order with the Commonwealth as its cornerstone.  I hosted the inaugural Commonwealth Trade Ministers’ Meeting, an event that brought together politicians, officials and policymakers from over twenty Commonwealth nations. It is a testament to the strength of the Commonwealth that so many of its countries were represented at this landmark meeting, during which we discussed the opportunities for trade, investment, and enhanced friendship that lie [...]

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          A dealmaker’s guide to getting things done

          2018-06-11T10:31:04+00:00May 9th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

          A Dealmaker for the British government does some tough-talking to explain the secret behind clinching a good deal. For the past decade as the UK government’s Dealmaker within UKTI’s [UK Trade and Investment] Global Entrepreneur Programme, I have been responsible for bringing the most innovative young companies from India, China and South East Asia to the UK. I have had an unusual insight into what help they need, and a lot of success in helping them do it, so I’ve [...]

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            Blended finance is the answer to sustainable development

            2018-10-22T12:35:10+00:00May 9th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

            Suma Chakrabarti has been charged with one of Europe’s leading development banks for five years and has spent considerable energy in striking a strong connect with India. Sir Suma tells ‘India Global Business’ how Indian companies can take the lead in re-defining the world’s development agenda. What is your bank’s engagement with India like? The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) already works with a number of Indian companies in our countries of operation and we want to engage [...]

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              As May files for EU divorce, wooing India must be a priority

              2018-09-04T12:57:29+00:00May 9th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

              Now that Mrs May has triggered formal divorce proceedings with the EU, India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa explains how the UK could learn a lesson or two from the Japanese on getting up close to Modi's India. The late Sir James Goldsmith, the billionaire financier who spent a considerable part of his personal fortune on a campaign to force Great Britain out of the European Union, once famously said: “When a man marries his mistress, he creates a job vacancy.” [...]

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                The woman behind calls for ‘Scexit’

                2018-08-02T12:34:05+00:00April 11th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, Hotspot, HOTSPOT, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

                Nicola Sturgeon is the outspoken First Minister of Scotland who has been campaigning for a voice for Scotland in the post-Brexit scenario. Her call for a second referendum on Scotland’s independence from the United Kingdom has raised the spectre of a new kind of exit – Scotland’s exit from the UK (Scexit). Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon is the first woman to become leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and First Minister of Scotland, a post created in 1999 when the [...]

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                  Being a Global Indian is part of my DNA

                  2018-08-02T12:42:42+00:00April 11th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, Global Indian, GLOBAL INDIAN, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

                  Baroness Usha Prashar straddles the worlds of politics and arts with comfort and ease. ‘India Global Business’ explores what being a Global Indian means to her. How would you say the India-UK dynamic has evolved over the years? India and UK have always had a special relationship but like any relationship it has had its ups and downs. In recent years the relationship has matured. India has become important economically and the relationship is beginning to change. There is now [...]

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                    India is a major Brexit trade priority

                    2018-06-11T09:33:24+00:00April 11th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, COMMONWEALTH, December 2017, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, UK/Europe, Year|

                    A London-based policy expert weighs up the challenges and opportunities thrown up by Brexit to strike a stronger India-UK dynamic. Talk of Brexit is never far from the headlines in the UK press. Theresa May triggering Article 50 signaled the start of the process. This presents significant challenges and opportunities for Commonwealth countries, with India being a prime example. New research from my organisation, the Royal Commonwealth Society, reveals an overwhelming majority of British businesses want to see the Government [...]

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