Energy security and India’s growing ties with Myanmar

    2020-09-16T13:58:18+00:00September 8th, 2020|Guest Columns - India Global Business, Insight - India Global Business|

    Assisting Myanmar wean away from its dependency on revenues from the energy sector amidst a volatile oil market has the potential to support economic stability and would fit well into India’s economic capacity building through its Act East Policy.

      Acting East with ASEAN

      2018-09-06T11:42:41+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, South Asia, Year, Yearend 2016|

      India’s proactive Act East policy hinges heavily on the ASEAN free trade group and it is the many emerging economies in this collective that offer growth opportunities for Indian companies. The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprises of the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. India’s focus on a strengthened and multi-faceted relationship with ASEAN was reinvigorated at the 12th ASEAN India Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, in November 2014, when Prime Minister [...]

        Thailand pushes for long-overdue FTA with India

        2018-10-31T11:10:36+00:00June 6th, 2016|2016, Asia Pacific, May/June 2016, Year|

        Thailand is among India’s top-most trading partners in South Asia and yet a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two has proved difficult for all these years. There is renewed hope this arrangement may finally be put to rest as Bangkok is keen to thrash out the broader brushstrokes, leaving the nitty-gritties for later. India and Thailand share more than just a maritime border in the Andaman Sea, with religious and cultural ties providing a strong base for what is [...]

        Singapore – The inevitable heart of India’s Act East policy

        2018-05-18T13:07:04+00:00June 11th, 2015|2015, Act East, India Investment Journal - V 3/I 2, Year|

        The India-Singapore relationship was almost inevitable. With complementing comparative advantages, democracies and values it was the right fit. However, the relationship between the two remained cordial and did not really start delivering real dividend until then Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narshima Rao delivered his now historic “Look East” policy in 1994.