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    Indian-made jet engines all set to take flight

    2018-12-03T12:47:41+00:00March 15th, 2017|2016, 2018/2017, India Investment Journal March Edition, Sector Focus/Aerospace, Year|

    Rolls-Royce started its relationship with India over 80 years ago with its engines powering the first civil and military aircraft in the country. Chris Cholerton, President – Defence Aerospace at one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the sector, tells ‘India Investment Journal’ how a focus on technology and capability transfer has contributed towards India’s sustainable growth. How is Rolls-Royce supporting the India growth story? Today, as an investor, a high skills employer and a supplier of power systems across [...]

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      Rajasthan decks up for investors

      2020-03-06T13:11:50+00:00March 15th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal March Edition, State Focus: Rajasthan, Year|

      India’s largest state has caught the attention of investors of late but has a long way to go. In one of his earliest interactions with the press after the formation of Niti Aayog, India’s premier think tank, two years ago, Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya took exception to Rajasthan being referred to as a “BIMAROU” state. The oft-used acronym means diseased or sick in Hindi and is made up of the Indian states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. [...]

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        Indian Smart Cities Mission: A process to leapfrog to double digit growth

        2018-12-03T12:54:40+00:00March 15th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal March Edition, Year|

        The Smart Cities Mission of the Government of India is one of the most challenging and ambitious urban development agenda, writes an urban infrastructure enthusiast. The objective to develop 100 Smart Cities over five years is a laudable commitment towards urban transformation. The mission is launched at a time when India’s urbanisation is growing faster than the rest of the world. Currently only about 31 per cent of India’s population lives in urban areas. Globally the share is over 50 [...]

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          A much needed clean-up of India’s Augean Stables

          2018-12-03T13:26:25+00:00March 10th, 2017|2018/2017, Cover Feature, India Investment Journal March Edition, Year|

          Foreign investors often complain about India’s byzantine bureaucracy and demands for unaccounted cash to grease the system and speed up decision making. Though ministers and senior bureaucrats in New Delhi no longer make such demands, there are reports that there has been little improvement in the lower bureaucracy and in some states. The clean-up in New Delhi was the result of individual rectitude and personal commitment of ministers and their staff. In his Budget presented on February 1, Finance Minister [...]

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            Aerospace makes an Indian mark

            2018-12-03T12:43:09+00:00March 8th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal March Edition, Sector Focus/Aerospace, Year|

            The Indian defence-aerospace industry is taking baby steps in the world of aircraft, missile and radar development. There will be massive opportunities over the next decade for Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 firms in the West to form lucrative long-term JVs with Indian partners. India is negotiating the sale indigenously designed Akash surface to air missiles to Vietnam. Almost simultaneously, the Government of India has also cleared a Rs 17,000-crore (($2.6 billion) agreement o jointly develop a medium [...]

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