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    Renewable energy shining bright

    2020-03-13T13:13:31+00:00July 20th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal July Edition, Sector Focus/Renewables, Year|

    India’s ambitious renewable energy targets will help the country pick up some of the slack created by Donald Trump pulling the US out of the Paris climate accord. Early June, the world was in shock. President Donald Trump of the US announced that he was pulling out of the Paris climate pact. The news wasn’t entirely unexpected, but the US withdrawal still raised question marks about the world’s ability to meet the goal of capping the rise in global temperature [...]

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      Shadow boxing the dragon

      2018-12-31T13:29:16+00:00July 20th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal July Edition, India-China, Year|

      China’s clumsy attempts to cramp India’s strategic space are holding back its ties with India. The popular mood in India, it will be fair to say, is not very favourable towards China at the moment. A daily barrage of blunt official statements and highly jingoistic media reports from the Middle Kingdom warning India of dire consequences – even war – and reminding Indians of the military humiliation it faced in the 1962 border conflict between the two countries is largely [...]

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        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 [...]

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          Financial opportunities beyond Masala Bonds

          2018-12-31T12:22:42+00:00July 20th, 2017|2018/2017, Guest Columns, India Investment Journal July Edition, Year|

          London Stock Exchange has proved a popular choice for investors keen to participate in the India growth story, writes a keen observer of the trend. Despite macro economic uncertainty, London Stock Exchange Group is showing itself to be the ideal partner to India, as Prime Minister Modi embarks on his ambitious plans to revolutionise the country’s economy and infrastructure. These plans need growth finance and through London, Indian issuers have access to investors from around the world who are eager [...]

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            Brexit: The Dawn of ‘Globalisation 2.0’

            2018-12-31T13:33:46+00:00July 17th, 2017|2018/2017, Guest Columns, India Investment Journal July Edition, Year|

            The notion of globalisation is not under threat as a result of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, writes a senior academic. A day after the crucial Brexit Vote, it seemed the world had opened its eyes to a new world. An island within Europe had willingly decided to split from the European Union (EU) forever. Soon after, while there was opposition and emotional outcry by people who were not observant of current realities. Brexit isn’t as surprising as [...]

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              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 [...]

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                Green GST presents a sustainable option

                2018-12-31T13:34:11+00:00July 17th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal July Edition, The Big Story, Year|

                A new online tool hopes to make India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) a greener, more digitised solution. In line with the Indian government’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation this month, a B2B e-commerce marketplace announced the launch of Green GST – an SAAS-based GST application solution for manufacturing units across India. Aimed at improving transparency and digitisation in the manufacturing space, the tool created by Ratan Tata-backed Moglix claims to provide organisations with end-to-end GST compliance support. The [...]

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                  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 [...]

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                    A healthy mix is the answer to India’s energy needs

                    2018-05-18T13:03:27+00:00July 17th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal July Edition, Sector Focus/Renewables, Year|

                    The biggest challenge for India’s Renewable Energy targets is the intermittent nature of Wind and Solar technology, writes a power sector expert.

                    India remains the fastest growing economy with GDP upwards of 7 per cent and growing population. With increasing urbanisation and growing needs and demands, the energy requirement is also growing at a CAGR of 5 per cent from FY2010.

                    The capacity addition in the 11th plan (2007-2012) has been 50GW and that in 12th plan (2012-2017) and beyond is close to 130GW. The main contribution for this significant capacity addition (CAGR 10.5 per cent) has come from the private sector, which now has the largest share of 145GW followed by state sector with 104GW and remaining with central sector. With the significant capacity addition, the energy deficit which was 10 per cent in 2009-10 has reduced to 0.6 per cent in 2017-18 and the peak power deficit from 12.8 per cent to 0.6 per cent in 2017. The present energy generation in the country is close to 1300TWh with 330GW of operational capacity comprising mainly fossil fuel 225GW, Hydro 45GW and Renewables 55GW. Renewables comprise Wind, Solar Bio mass and Hydro <25MW. With 1.3-billion population, the per capita consumption of electricity is close to 1000KWh/annum – a third of global average.

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                      GST alert on India’s real estate sector

                      2020-03-16T09:43:09+00:00July 17th, 2017|2018/2017, Guest Columns, India Investment Journal July Edition, Year|

                      The impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is set to shake up India’s property markets. The Indian real estate market was just beginning to steady itself from the impact of demonetization in November last year by clocking in smart sales in February, March and May nation-wide. However, the dual impact of GST implementation and the Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) in July, has got the industry extremely worried. The typical profile of homes that were sold this year [...]

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