The best Indian states to invest in

    2020-01-17T13:39:17+00:00January 10th, 2020|2020, UK Edition – 10 January 2020|

    Intense competition to rank higher on India’s internal Ease of Doing Business index has led to huge improvement in the business climate in all 28 states and nine Union Territories in India but the top five positions have largely been occupied by five states – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu – though not always in that order. Here’s a look at what keeps them ahead of the pack. Highlights: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu [...]

      2020 Indian real estate – limping back to a functioning liquidity cycle

      2020-09-21T08:25:24+00:00January 10th, 2020|2020, India Inc Views - India Global Business, North America Edition – 10 January 2020, Realty Corner, UK Edition – 10 January 2020|

      A real estate expert breaks down the causes for the poor performance of the sector in 2019 and suggests measures the government could adopt to revive it. Highlights: The IL&FS crisis caused a domino effect on the NBFC and banking system with institutions declaring higher than anticipated non-performing assets (NPAs) and going into a conservative lending mode. The real estate sector was probably the worst hit given that it had a sequence of poor performing years. The government mooted a [...]

        Helping children with Autism in India

        2020-05-09T17:14:43+00:00January 10th, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, North America Edition – 10 January 2020, Social Impact Focus - India Global Business, UK Edition – 10 January 2020|

        The Helping Hands organisation is striving hard to enrich the lives of underprivileged children with autism and other learning and behavioural differences, while also raising awareness among society. Highlights: According to research, one in every hundred children under the age of 10 is somewhere on the Autism spectrum. People from poor economic backgrounds lack knowledge of ASD or access to get help for it. Helping Hands Organisation (H2O) is a not-for-profit based out of Kerala, India which provides support and [...]

          India powers ahead with UK in pursuit of energy efficiency

          2020-05-11T03:44:36+00:00January 10th, 2020|2020, India Inc Views - India Global Business, Last Word, North America Edition – 10 January 2020, UK Edition – 10 January 2020|

          The Indian Cabinet has approved an important pact with the UK to strive for greater use of solar and wind energy within the country’s railway network, a key step towards meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s target of 450 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030. India has committed to achieve 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022, a target further enhanced recently when Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to increasing the country’s renewable energy capacity to 450 GW [...]