On road to a corruption-free India

    2019-01-02T08:22:33+00:00January 9th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal January 2017, Policy India, Year|

    Employment intensive sectors such as agriculture, housing, tourism, textiles and retail must flourish and grow, writes a policy expert. Narendra Modi donned an unexpectedly huge challenge on himself and every citizen of India to completely disrupt and totally metamorphose our economy and society. With no Indian untouched by this move and by massively utilising social media platforms, television and radio, the Prime Minister is determined to be connected directly to each one of us in a most unprecedented manner. In [...]

      Madhya Pradesh rolls out the red carpet

      2020-03-06T11:42:17+00:00November 17th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal November Edition, State Focus: Madhya Pradesh, Year|

      From a backward state not so long ago, the so-called heartland of India has made some firm strides to be counted among the frontrunner states in India. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan can justifiably feel proud of the numbers. His state, which was part of the pejoratively named BIMARU provinces till not so long ago, has decisively shed that tag and now competes with the frontrunners in rolling out the red carpet for investors and attracting investment dollars. [...]

      Swachh Bharat interventions to avert a ticking time bomb

      2018-12-04T11:50:43+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Year|

      The chief of Max India’s CSR initiatives explains why the Clean India mission is the perfect avenue for corporates to make a difference. Prime Minister Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission is a timely call for action which is urgently required. India seems to be sitting on a time bomb of garbage, which could explode into serious health hazards with far reaching repercussions. The ticking has started. Basics like clean drinking water, toilet facilities and proper solid waste disposal are not in [...]

        Malawi: Land of untapped investment opportunities for India

        2018-10-31T10:33:53+00:00June 6th, 2016|2016, Africa, May/June 2016, Year|

        With more than 100 Indian companies active in the region, Malawi offers a much wider market for India in the years to come. One of the country’s leading investment promoters makes his pitch for Indian business. Malawi has had a cordial long-standing bilateral relationship with India which dates back to 1964, when Malawi gained its independence from the British. Malawi has a functioning Mission in Delhi, which it opened in February 2007. Since then, there have been nine major Head [...]

          ‘My Indian roots created the entrepreneurial spirit’

          2018-10-31T11:20:13+00:00June 2nd, 2016|2016, Global Indians, May/June 2016, Year|

          Sudhir Ruparelia is among the wealthiest businessmen in Africa, with an estimated net worth of $800 million. The Ugandan-born entrepreneur and investor if the chairman and majority shareholder of the Ruparelia Group which has a wide investment span across banking, insurance, education, broadcasting, real estate, hotels and resorts. His story is unique in that his family was among those expelled by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 1970s but decided to return to the country to set up his business [...]