Limited Liability Partnership: An alternative choice of entity to invest into India

    2018-08-20T11:20:04+00:00November 29th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal November Edition, Other Highlights, Year|

    In recent years, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India has been on the rise, with a significant percentage of such FDI originating from Singapore. Establishing a private limited company has traditionally been a popular means by which foreign investors set up an entity for (ease of) doing business in India. While a private limited company has its advantages, such as managing shareholders liability, perpetual succession, ease of transfer of ownership, it also incurs additional tax and compliance burdens in India. [...]

      New findings inspire confidence in India’s reporting of methane emissions

      2018-12-31T12:21:31+00:00November 29th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal November Edition, Other Highlights, Year|

      Methane is the second most powerful greenhouse gas whose concentrations are rising in the atmosphere but India recorded little growth in its emissions over the last few years.  Methane is the second most powerful greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and concentrations are rising in the atmosphere. Each tonne of methane emitted contributes roughly 25 times more to global warming than an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide. Because of its potency and quick decay in the atmosphere, countries have recognised that reduction [...]

        The changing face of Indian real estate

        2018-08-20T11:33:10+00:00November 29th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal November Edition, Other Highlights, Year|

        India Inc. property expert analyses the pattern shifts in the Indian real estate sector due to changing laws and market trends. If one were to think that the pain in the Indian real estate industry is a matter that started in 2016 due to demonetisation and was made worse in 2017 due to the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Real Estate Regulation Act, one would like to consider the fundamental changes in the IT, telecom and [...]

          Breathing techniques linked to yoga

          2018-07-18T09:46:41+00:00November 29th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal November Edition, Other Highlights, Year|

          How yoga breathing techniques can help modern day professionals manage stress, improve productivity and luck. Fifteen years ago, in a cosy meditation centre in Chiswick, west London, I attended an introductory talk given by two Art of Living yoga and meditation teachers from Mumbai who explained that by doing pranayama, yoga and meditation one's luck would improve. Knowing that these two IIT graduates were very logical and rational individuals and not ones for conjecture and speculation, their words really grabbed [...]

            Mayor of London plans India visit to pitch London is Open message

            2018-11-21T11:38:11+00:00November 29th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal November Edition, Other Highlights, Year|

            The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, will be in Delhi, Mumbai and Amritsar at the start of December to stress that companies from Brexit-hit London remain keen to do business with India. Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) did not echo in London, which voted decisively against Brexit in June 2016. However, faced with the prospect of the British capital losing some of its shine as a gateway to Europe for Indian companies, the Mayor of London has taken matters [...]