India’s brand equity is at all-time high

    2018-12-31T12:22:12+00:00July 20th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal July Edition, Year|

    Rana Kapoor, the CEO of Yes Bank, talks ‘India Investment Journal’ through his company’s recent tie-up with Santander UK, the impact of demonetisation and the gains in store for the banking sector with GST. What is the thinking behind the tie-up with Santander UK? The UK-India corridor is a high priority corridor for us. The fact is that India is the fastest growing economy in the world today and quite naturally the opportunities between India and the UK are getting [...]

      India is finally evolving beyond its software image

      2018-12-04T08:15:36+00:00July 17th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal January Edition, India Investment Journal July Edition, Policy India, Year|

      Innovative technology in real-life use is transforming India’s IT landscape, writes a tech expert. When I was growing up in the 1970s, electronics was just something fun – my electronics kit that my parents bought me allowed me to make simple circuits that could switch on a bulb as soon as it went dark, or create metronomes or other seemingly non-useful things. However, now, electronics and technology underpins everything, and for me the fun that I had as a child [...]

        Indian mission lights up in energy efficient colours

        2018-12-31T13:28:39+00:00July 17th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal July Edition, Year|

        The Indian High Commission in London has been lit up in energy efficient tricolour as part of a pact with India’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). The High Commission, situated in the iconic ‘India House’ building in central London, is the largest Indian diplomatic mission and recently became the first to sign up to an energy efficiency contract with EESL. “Under the contract, EESL will install 1,700 LED lights in High Commission of India. The installation of these LED lights will lead to annual [...]

          Lockheed Martin clinches F-16 fighter jet deal with Tata

          2018-12-31T13:34:43+00:00July 14th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal July Edition, Year|

          Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has signed an agreement with American aerospace giant Lockheed Martin to join hands to produce the F-16 Block 70 in India. The F-16 Block 70 is ideally suited to meet the Indian Air Force’s single-engine fighter needs and the US-Indian industry partnership directly supports India’s initiative to develop private aerospace and defence manufacturing capacity in India under the Make in India initiative, the companies said during the Paris Air Show recently. Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, said: “This agreement builds on [...]

            The world’s next factory

            2020-03-12T14:22:56+00:00July 14th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal July Edition, Year|

            Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme to make India a major global manufacturing hub is likely to start showing results when the $68-billion of investments committed on the ground start coming on stream over the next couple of years. Critics complain that the glass is half empty. The Prime Minister’s Make in India initiative has not led to any increase in the share of manufacturing in the country’s GDP and has not generated the huge number of jobs it was expected [...]