US bill to delist Chinese companies indicates that it may not be business as usual

    2020-05-23T17:17:06+00:00May 22nd, 2020|Editorials - India Global Business|

    The US-China face-off over Covid-19 is escalating. While Washington is right to take Beijing to task it must study its actions and not leave any loose ends to discipline China. The US Senate has unanimously passed a Bill to delist Chinese companies from US exchanges. About 800 Chinese companies with a combined market capitalisation of $1 trillion, or 5 per cent of the total value of all stocks traded in the US, could be impacted. This does not immediately threaten [...]

      Lava to shift mobile manufacturing, R&D to India

      2020-05-20T05:14:55+00:00May 19th, 2020|India Inc Views - India Global Business, News in Brief|

      The company also plans to invest $105 million over five years to scale up the operations in India. Homegrown mobile handset manufacturer Lava International will shift its entire mobile R&D, design, and manufacturing for the export market from China to India within next six months. The company will also invest $105 million in the due course of time. As part of the transition, Lava will invest around $10.5 million this year and subsequently around $105 million over the next five [...]

        Redefining MSME limits will facilitate MNCs to relocate to India

        2020-08-20T04:49:20+00:00May 19th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

        When multinational companies in China consider alternative investment locations in a post-Covid world, India will feature prominently in their discussions. And this definitive change can become the crucial differentiator in considering what each country has to offer. Toyota Kirloskar Motor, the Indian arm of the Japanese auto major, was planning to bring several key suppliers from its global network to India following last year’s cut in the corporate tax rate for new manufacturing units to 17.01 per cent. That initiative [...]

          Vivo unveils new ‘Make In India’ logo

          2020-12-11T03:10:27+00:00May 15th, 2020|India Inc Views - India Global Business, News in Brief|

          The new logo will be printed on the box of all devices that it will sell in India. Chinese handset maker Vivo unveiled a new ‘Make in India’ logo to show its commitment towards investing and manufacturing in India. The new logo will be printed on the box of all Vivo devices it will sell in the country. Nipun Marya, Director – Brand Strategy, Vivo India, said: “We, at Vivo India, have been aligned to the ‘Make In India’ initiative [...]

            India ready to replace China in several export-oriented sectors

            2020-05-15T13:31:36+00:00May 15th, 2020|India Inc Views - India Global Business, Last Word|

            After the lockdown is lifted, Indian companies might find many Western and Japanese buyers sourcing goods and intermediaries from them, rather than their existing suppliers in China. There is a WhatsApp forward doing the rounds in India, which says we will soon begin to classify time periods as Before Lockdown (BL) and After Lockdown (AL) in place of AD and BC. Like many things forwarded in jest, this, too, may contain more than a grain of truth. Related Stories: Why [...]

              After Make in India, it’s now Move to India

              2020-05-14T11:06:45+00:00May 14th, 2020|Analysis - India Global Business, India Inc Views - India Global Business|

              India and the US are working together, along with Japan, Korea and some other countries, to restructure global supply chains away from China and towards India. Highlights: India and the US are working together, along with Japan, Korea and some other countries, to restructure global supply chains away from China and towards India. Around 1,000 companies have opened discussions with the Indian government, various state governments and Indian missions abroad. There are expectations of a blueprint of incentives that will [...]

                Right time for India to push for greater FDI inflows

                2022-02-08T15:50:55+00:00April 24th, 2020|2020, Home Page, North America Edition – 24 April-07 May 2020, The Big Story North America - India Global Business|

                Despite a global recession, India is expected to be among the few countries that will still grow, offering foreign investors an ideal FDI destination as they look to relocate their factories away from China. Highlights: The IMF predicts India’s growth rate to bounce back to 7.4 per cent next year. India can escape recession due to its fewer linkages with global supply chains and its dependence on domestic consumption as the primary driver of GDP growth. India’s large domestic market [...]

                  India’s diplomatic, economic and strategic activism is being recognised

                  2022-02-08T14:19:48+00:00April 24th, 2020|2020, Global Indians - India Global Business, Interviews - India Global Business, North America Edition – 24 April-07 May 2020, UK Edition – 24 April-07 May 2020|

                  Dr Parag Khanna prescribes that the new world order is no longer a choice between the US and China. There are probably a number of global developments that Dr Parag Khanna may have predicted, or analysed, but nothing would have prepared him for a world order that is currently preparing to undergo a seismic shift due to a virus. A passionate traveller for work and hobby, Dr Khanna is a distinguished global strategy advisor and an author, at last count, [...]