A new vision of steel for development

    2018-12-03T12:50:16+00:00March 15th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal January Edition, India Investment Journal March Edition, Other Highlights, Policy India, Year|

    The Government of India recently announced a highly ambitious vision for India's steel industry and future demand and circulated a New Draft Steel Policy 2017 for public discussion. This document is an outline for attaining a most challenging target capacity of 300 million tonnes of crude steel capacity by 2030, which is anticipated to be the demand for steel then. To put this figure in context, India is producing only around 100 million tonnes today while China alone produces around [...]

      Indian Budget 2017 a boost for affordable housing

      2018-12-03T12:51:18+00:00March 15th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal March Edition, Policy India, Year|

      India Inc. property expert unravels the Indian government’s recent Budget for 2017-18 and its impact on the country’s real estate market. The central theme of the 2017 Budget in early February seems to be towards creating cash flow and consumption from the bottom of the pyramid. This would then flow upwards to more robust and long-term capital formation at the hands of the development companies. The same trend is observed in the changes to the real estate rules in the [...]