India, ADB sign $500 million loan for Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor

    2020-09-10T13:10:39+00:00September 10th, 2020|India Inc Views - India Global Business, News in Brief|

    The loan is the first tranche of a total one billion dollar facility, to build a modern, high-speed 82-km Delhi-Meerut regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridor that will improve regional connectivity and mobility in the national capital region.

      Opportunities, not sops pay off in India

      2018-12-03T13:03:05+00:00March 15th, 2017|2018/2017, Final Word, India Investment Journal March Edition, Year|

      It took its time coming, but in the end Bharat (more on that later) trumped the so-called political experts from New Delhi’s gin-n-tonic cocktail circuit. And how! The recently concluded round of elections to five Assembly assemblies returned a verdict that can only be described as a thumping endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership of the country. The final tally reads BJP: 4 states; Congress: 1 state. We will now have BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and [...]

        Good show in crucial state polls will give a fillip to reforms

        2018-12-05T13:38:35+00:00January 9th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal January 2017, Top 5 Things to Watch in 2017, Year|

        Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly this year lead the charge of five state polls which will not only reflect the nation’s mood but also determine the pace of reforms in the country. Five states will elect new governments in the first half of this year. Of these, elections to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly are considered the most important and Punjab slightly less so. The other three states – Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur – are small and politically less [...]

          Can demonetisation deliver votes?

          2019-01-02T12:30:40+00:00January 9th, 2017|2018/2017, Final Word, India Investment Journal January 2017, Year|

          Good economics has given rich political returns over the last decade. Will the trend hold in 2017? In India, conventional wisdom had it, for decades, that good economics makes for bad politics. Some politicians still think caste, religion and populism are more important factors than economic growth. It is probably this line of thinking that has prompted politicians of all hues – from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to Uttar Pradesh chief ministerial aspirant [...]

            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 [...]