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    Quality care and cost effectiveness gives India its medical tourism edge

    2018-11-21T07:57:39+00:00November 29th, 2017|2018/2017, Cover Story, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

    The chief of one of India’s leading healthcare players, Fortis Healthcare, weighs up India’s appeal as a hub for international patients. Medical tourism is a phenomenon where people travel from their home country to another nation to access quality medical care. There are many factors which influence their decision, the most common one being the ability to access quality medical procedures which are not conducted within the boundaries of their home country. Having said that, while the quality of clinical [...]

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      India-UK Future Tech Month promotes innovation ties

      2018-08-20T12:47:12+00:00November 29th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

      The month of November has been earmarked for a focus on cooperation between India and Britain in the field of digital innovation. The UK government’s Department for International Trade (DIT) has been running a month-long series of technology-focused business activities in the UK and India under the banner of India-UK Future Tech Month. The series of events are aimed at showcasing the very best UK technology and innovation to a high-quality Indian audience, including buyers, investors, and central and state-level government officials, DIT said. Sir Dominic Asquith, British High Commissioner to India, said: “November marks one [...]

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        Unlocking second homes: An alternate approach to homestays in India

        2018-08-20T10:22:39+00:00November 29th, 2017|2018/2017, Cover Story, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

        India’s diverse holiday destinations have thousands of locked second homes that can become fully managed vacation rentals, writes an Indian hospitality industry insider. India has always had very strong tourism potential given our rich cultural and historical heritage, variety in ecology, terrains and places of natural beauty that are spread across the country. And with a growing economy and ever-increasing government initiatives like ‘e-Tourist Visa’, ‘Digital India’, ‘Make in India’ etc, there has been an almost simultaneous increase in demand [...]

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          Short Takes

          2018-12-31T11:56:08+00:00November 25th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal November Edition, State Focus/Andhra Pradesh, Year|

          Amaravati to have South Korean influence A “South Korea City” is expected to come up in Andhra Pradesh’s new capital, Amaravati, or elsewhere in the state as Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu invited industrialists from the country to set up their ventures in the state. Naidu told a delegation of South Korean industrialists: “We will extend full cooperation and encouragement from the government if you make Andhra Pradesh your second capital and set up industries in a big way. We [...]

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            Short Takes

            2018-12-31T11:58:01+00:00November 25th, 2017|2018/2017, Flagship Scheme, India Investment Journal January Edition, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

            Vedanta to invest $9bn in India London-based Vedanta Resources Plc will invest roughly $9 billion in India over the next few years to expand its hydrocarbons, metals and mining businesses and meet more of India’s requirements of these commodities locally. Anil Agarwal, founder and chairman, Vedanta Resources Plc, said: “We are planning to invest $2.5 billion in oil and gas to step up our production to half of India’s crude oil output (from 26 per cent in 2016-17). "The other [...]

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              SHORT TAKES

              2018-12-31T11:54:14+00:00November 22nd, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal November Edition, The Big Story, Year|

              India takes top spot for Nokia India has become the largest market for the Nokia globally in terms of sales, followed by Russia and Indonesia. Nokia, now owned by Finnish company HMD Global, will be banking on India for its resurgence at a time when the market is dominated by Chinese heavyweights such as Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo and Huawei. Florian Seiche, the newly-appointed CEO of HMD, told Indian media that the company’s engagement will grow manifold in India, especially as [...]

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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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