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    Unleashing India’s textile talent

    2018-12-31T12:02:39+00:00September 29th, 2017|2018/2017, From The Top, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

    India’s textile sector is undergoing a long overdue restyling, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. The Indian textiles industry is a $100-billion giant, which employs about 50 million people, making it the country's largest employer in the organised sector. It is also one of the largest contributors to the export trade, accounting for nearly 15 per cent of India’s total exports. This 5,000 year old industry is arguably also the oldest in the world. So, it might appear [...]

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      Growth rate dip a temporary blip for India

      2018-12-31T12:03:34+00:00September 25th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal September Edition, Last Word, Year|

      Ignore the doom mongers, India will return to the high growth path by winter. There’s an old truism about India which holds that for everything that is true about this country, the exact opposite is also correct. This is true for the Indian economy as well. The country’s foreign exchange reserves recently crossed the $400-billion mark, making India the world’s sixth-largest holder of forex, ahead of the Euro zone, Brazil and Taiwan. The Indian rupee, which had fallen to a [...]

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        GST: Implications for Indian textiles

        2018-05-18T13:02:56+00:00September 20th, 2017|2018/2017, Cover Feature, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

        India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) has the potential to make the country’s textile industry more competitive.

        A long-awaited taxation reform aimed at “One Nation, One Tax” became a reality in India when the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Act was passed in Parliament on March 29 this year and came into effect from July 1.

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          A silent revolution in the Indian broking market

          2018-05-18T13:02:56+00:00September 20th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal September Edition, Other Highlights, Year|

          India Inc. property expert analyses the post-implementation impact of the Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) and Goods & Services Tax (GST) in India.

          If there was one common concern that all developers, especially the ones in residential developments, had in India in the month of June and July, it was the implementation of Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) and Goods & Services Tax (GST). Larger firms had dedicated internal teams while smaller firms had a battery of consultants and temporary staff assisting in this implementation. The management was fully focussed on getting these two tasks done with sales and construction trailing behind as non-implementation would mean stoppage of business.

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            Towards a global quality standard for Yoga

            2018-12-31T12:07:45+00:00September 20th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year, Yoga Corner|

            A well-rounded approach to teaching methods will result in more aware Yogis and instructors. Now that Yoga starts its journey towards regulation, standardisation and achieving higher educational and practitioner quality in the form of the Quality Council of India’s governance, aspiring Yogis and instructors are being subjected to testing and examination on the profound depth of the wisdom held in this ancient practice. It is this wisdom that makes it a spiritual practice and distinguishes itself from the plethora of [...]

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              Karnataka: Investor’s darling

              2018-12-31T12:06:45+00:00September 20th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal September Edition, State Focus: Karnataka, Year|

              Having attracted the most investments in 2016, Karnataka is already a favorite with investors but blessed with rich minerals and abundant skilled manpower, there is still a lot of untapped potential. The year 2016 was a landmark one for Karnataka. As per the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), during the year the proposed investments in the state saw a massive five-fold jump from Rs 31,668 crore ($4.8bn) in 2015 to Rs 1,54,173 crore ($23bn). It placed the state [...]

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                A tech-led reimagining of Indian agriculture

                2018-12-31T12:04:11+00:00September 20th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

                The UK-based Global Innovation Fund, which invests in innovations targeted at improving the lives of the poorest people in developing countries, has pumped in millions to back an Indian farm mechanisation project. EM3 AgriServices, India's leading private sector farm mechanisation services company, has raised a $10 million Series B round from London-based Global Innovation Fund (GIF) and existing investor Aspada. The company had earlier raised a $3.3 million Series A from Aspada in June 2015. EM3 AgriServices is India's first [...]

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                  India needs a digital mindset to tackle tech taking over jobs

                  2018-05-18T13:02:57+00:00September 20th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

                  Re-skilling and up-skilling must go hand-in-hand with tech advances in India, writes a digital expert.

                  Last month, the lead singer of 70s band Talking Heads, David Byrne, wrote in the ‘MIT Technology Review’ about how tech is eliminating humans. With AI, autonomous vehicles, robots, automated self-service check-outs, and lots more, he says the art of human interaction will die away, since there will be no humans doing the traditional jobs of serving customers. But what does that mean for India, where there are over a billion people: if tech will replace all the manual jobs that give people a daily living, what will they do?

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                    Short Takes

                    2020-03-12T14:46:06+00:00September 20th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal September Edition, Sector Focus: Food Retail, Year|

                    Alibaba plans BigBasket investment

                    alibabaChina’s Alibaba and its Indian online marketplace investment, Paytm Mall, are in talks to pick up a significant stake in online grocer BigBasket.

                    The online marketplaces are seeking to invest around $200 million in one of India’s largest online grocer, BigBasket, at a valuation to be decided after due diligence is completed, according to Indian media reports. A estimate figure of around $1 billion has been doing the rounds for BigBasket.

                    Part of BigBasket’s appeal is its express grocery delivery feature, which lets customers receive grocery deliveries within 60 minutes. Its main competitor is Grofers India, which is backed by SoftBank. Amazon is said to be eyeing a stake in Grofers to counter Alibaba. Grocery is one of the fastest-growing segments of India’s e-commerce industry. According to eMarketer, India’s retail e-commerce market will be worth $55.3 billion by 2018 — up from $6.1 billion in 2014.

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                      Short Takes

                      2020-03-12T14:44:09+00:00September 20th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

                      Indian start-ups get FDI policy boost

                      A new consolidated foreign direct investment (FDI) policy framework issued by the Indian government this week includes provisions specific to start-ups which is being seen as a major boost for the sector.

                      According to the 2017 FDI policy document released by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), start-ups in India can raise up to 100 per cent of funds from Foreign Venture Capital Investors (FVCIs). They can issue equity or equity-linked instruments or debt instruments to FVCIs against the receipt of foreign remittance.

                      The document reads: "Startups can issue convertible notes to persons resident outside India (subject to certain conditions).

                      “A start-up engaged in a sector where foreign investment requires government approval may issue convertible notes to a non-resident only with approval of the government."

                      Foreign residents, except those in Pakistan and Bangladesh, will be permitted to purchase convertible notes issued by an Indian start-up.

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