Time for Maharashtra to shine… again

    2018-12-31T13:25:23+00:00July 21st, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal July Edition, State Focus/Maharashtra, Year|

    Once the darling of investors, Maharashtra seemed to have lost its way in the middle but is now charging forward again. In mid 2015 when a delegation from Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn was scouting for a suitable destination for investments in India and South East Asia, the western state of Maharashtra was not even in their initial list of considerations. States such as Gujarat that has a reputation as being most friendly for business, Karnataka that has an established Information [...]

      FACT SHEET:An Expat’s Guide to Nagpur

      2020-03-12T14:23:45+00:00July 21st, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal July Edition, State Focus/Maharashtra, Year|

      Nagpur is often referred to as the 'Orange city' of India because of the juiciest varieties of the fruit found in its orchards. It is the winter capital and the third largest city of Maharashtra, after Mumbai and Pune. Nagpur is also referred to as the second capital of the state, as many of the government offices are based in the city. Among the greenest cities of India, Nagpur’s parks and wildlife sanctuaries help create its scenic landscape. The easy [...]

        Uttar Pradesh elections are the one to watch

        2019-01-02T08:05:23+00:00January 1st, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal January 2017, Top 5 Things to Watch in 2017, Year|

        Senior Columnist Ashok Malik explains how Assembly elections in five states of India will impact growth and investments in the country. How will this round of elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur affect economic reforms? This is the last round of elections before the rollout of the Goods and Servce Tax (GST). A good performance by the BJP is sine qua non for the smooth rollout of this reform, which, arguably is the most import tax reform [...]

          Investment enabler

          2018-12-05T07:23:38+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal September Edition, Invest India Update, Year|

          Shruti Chandra gave up a promising career at a global Big 4 consultancy to help build India into the world’s top investment destination. Her job: hand hold foreign investors from conceptualisation to cash flow. It was a mini-crisis. One of the world’s largest retail chains had been served notice to shut shop at duty free areas of Delhi and Mumbai airports. Reason: its security clearance had expired. The chain was staring at losses of Rs 1 crore a week but [...]