At a time when the world economy is facing the worst credit freeze in several decades, India attracted $2.7-billion FDI in January, up 58.8 per cent from a year ago, and remained a favourite destination for cross-border investments.
The biggest lesson China can teach India is that when it comes to sustaining a love affair with investors, nothing works better than an undervalued currency and its by-product: a current-account surplus.
'This offers us many opportunities to meet people in different ways, and we will do this with full respect to India.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to the Capital early Saturday morning after a three-nation tour of France, Germany and Canada.
Exchange rates to provide for 5-7% savings in package costs; consultants forecast higher property purchases by Indians; currency depreciation to make education cheaper
Analysts remain sceptical on the profitability from freighter business, saying that once normal air transport resumes and there's abundant belly capacity, the traditional economics of air cargo may not be that lucrative.
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China is on the lookout for investment pastures where its money is welcome, safe and earns a decent return. India also needs vast investment - about $1 trillion over the next 10-15 years - in infrastructure, green energy, transportation and heavy industry, says Ravi Bhoothalingam.
Improved investment climate and a more liberal foreign direct investment regime have made India the top destination for global retail giants like Wal-Mart, Benetton and Tesco
To land a job in a competitive field, graduates must go beyond the obvious and prepare extensively, adbises Vijay Gupta, director-global human resources, Rahi Sytems, a global IT services and solutions company.
Enabling labour to become more globally mobile can produce higher remittances with powerful 'brain gain' dividends.
Both partners would inject $200 million each in the form of equity and hold 50 per cent stake each. They plan to raise another $600 million in the form of debt to create a corpus of $1 billion to develop malls across tier-I, II and III cities.
'Reports of hitherto 'atmanirbhar' breadwinners having to stand in line for a plastic bag of khichdi or, travelling thousands of kms with nothing but packets of biscuits, have not moved the prime minister,' observes Jyoti Punwani.
India is fast re-emerging as a good business destination among foreign investors.
While the government's recent moves may have been necessary in some cases, these would have an adverse impact on the investment cycles of some of these companies. The marquee global names are suddenly finding themselves out of favour as local flavour is gaining currency in the run up to 2019 elections.
European countries like Spain, Greece and Italy are among the latest property buying destinations for Indians in the holiday home segment after prices have crashed there, according to industry analysts and consultants.
Diplomats agree that amid stormy relations with China and Pakistan, Modi has posted impressive foreign policy successes, notes Aditi Phadnis.
China will establish a ministerial panel to review foreign firms' attempts to buy or merge with domestic companies.
The company will raise $1.8 billion for the under construction and contracted portfolio of 12 GW, which includes the country's first manufacturing-linked solar power plant of 8 GW.
Narendra Modi and his government should look at the emerging geo-politics realistically and not get sucked into having to make a choice between China and Japan. India has enough economic space for both, says Mohan Guruswamy.
Kagiso Rabada has been named the Newcomer of the Year at South Africa's annual Sports Awards.
Sisi is expected to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry who has extended his stay in New Delhi.
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Its economy dependent on tourist arrivals, the hill state is looking at a summer of discontent. Not that the rest of the year promises to be any different. Ashwani Sharma reports from Shimla.
Both the South cities have also beaten the NCR in the number of new launches.
A study conducted by the CII and the Institute of Rural Management on the Jyotigram Yojana, the state government's rural electrification scheme which promises 24-hour, 3-phase electricity to villages, says there is an increase in the level of average employment and reduction in migration from rural areas by 33 per cent.
Budget should be a platform for govt to take bold steps.
Mauritius and Singapore account for the bulk of the $278 billion in foreign equity investments since 2000
Speaking at the 2013 CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit held in Sydney, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airline's President and CEO James Hogan said, "We are delighted to welcome Air Serbia to our equity alliance, and look forward to receiving final approvals from regulators in India of our investment in Jet Airways," he added.
Citigroup is rolling out its wealth management services for India, providing broking and research services for retail investors.
The Indian stock market may be emerging as one of the most attractive destination for overseas investments, but when it comes to foreign institutional investors, large blue chips score over their smaller counterparts by a huge margin.
Canadian investors have been invited to participate in the fifth biennial 'Vibrant Gujarat' summit, a global investors' meet organised by Gujarat, on January 12 and 13 next year.
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Hong Kong on Friday invited Indian companies to tap the market in sectors like transportation, construction, IT, financial services and banking.
'The Bill is a feather in the government's cap'.
With organic kitchen gardens, Goa's luxury holiday homes are raising the bar The ease of reaching the destination, the mix of party culture and quietude are some of the reasons why individuals are increasingly investing in Goa
