India’s hydropower sector can whet investor interests
India’s new focus on self-reliance in the post-Covid world, pressure on employment and need for flexibility will give hydropower a more favourable market approach.
Sectors in which NRI investors can make money in India right now
Strong economic fundamentals, proactive handling of the pandemic by the government and a young population make India a ripe destination for mature investments in a variety of sectors. Here is how NRIs can take advantage of it.
India is wooing investors with agility, incentives and political will
With Apple actively mulling relocating its Chinese factories, India is geared up to grasp the opportunity and provide a stable investment platform for global tech and manufacturing giants. The Japanese government is paying Japanese companies to shutter their manufacturing plants in China and look for alternative investment destinations. South Korea is considering moving some of the factories from China to India. And American companies such as Apple are planning factory shutdowns in China, looking to vastly expand their anchor investments [...]
Challenges and opportunities in India in turbulent times
For India, the short-term difficulties could act as a catalyst to accelerate the push into a new era. Highlights: As investors search for growth stories to back, there will be a fresh focus on areas that will benefit from the rapid adoption of leapfrogging technologies. Building systematically on India’s success in mobile internet and banking penetration will be central to the quality of economic growth going forward. The business opportunities unique to India in personal wellness are abundant and will [...]
A contrarian call in times of the coronavirus crisis
Foreign investors have been offloading Indian shares in reaction to the coronavirus scare. But the Warren Buffet formula suggests that investors who buy into the India growth story now could get handsome returns over the next three-five years. Highlights: With the 32 per cent drop in Sensex in the last two months, foreigners have sold more than $5 billion worth of shares in India in the past few weeks. Indian fund managers are advising their clients not to panic and [...]
Learning from the Indian start-up ecosystem
A systems analyst turned tech strategy advisor explains why African entrepreneurs should take a page out of India’s start-up ecosystem as a way to generate more employment opportunities. The growth in African-Indian commercial relations accelerated in the decade since the global meltdown, its most obvious manifestation being the coming of the titans of the Indian industry like Tata, Arcelor Mittal, Essar Steel, Jindal Steel and others to the African continent. This acceleration must, however, be put in the context of [...]
Asian, British investors keen on India
Foreign companies in India eyeing sizeable growth. HOOQ to double India investments Singapore-based video-on-demand streaming service HOOQ is doubling its India investments and has changed strategy to focus on Hollywood and English premium video content to take on Netflix and Amazon prime, and drive growth in India’s highly competitive over-the-top (OTT) video market. Zulfiqar Khan, managing director at HOOQ India, told Indian media: “We are doubling up on our investments for India. We are investing in content, manpower as well [...]
Growth rate dip a temporary blip for India
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 [...]