After a rather unsuccessful attempt in attracting more foreign investors under the Qualified Foreign Investors (QFI) route, the government yet again has decided to attract foreign investors to India under the Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI)...
America is on the verge of becoming a natural gas net exporter in a year or two. It can relieve energy-starved Japan from extortionary prices and free Europe from the clutches of Gazprom. A number of liquefied...
India is not a member of the APEC notwithstanding its long history of cultural and commercial exchanges with several APEC members. While this might seem odd, the absence is not difficult to explain. India was...
In order to address the stress prevailing in the Sugar sector, the Centre’s move to raise the import duty on sugar from 15 to 40 per cent should be viewed with cautious optimism. India is...
At a summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, BRICS countries launched a slew of initiatives, including two new international financial institutions: A new development bank and a joint monetary fund. The leaders of five of the world’s...
The failure of the French retailer Carrefour announced in June 2014 raises questions about the advantages of France in India. Failure of a company or failure of French companies in general?.Misperception of India by French...
Many Brazilians are loath to see their rival Argentina win the World Cup at the Maracana on Sunday. However, as this Great Graphic from the Financial Times beyondbrics blog, shows, Brazil is falling behind another regional rival, Mexico, in...
Union budget was awaited with bated breath, but after the presentation the markets were a tad sluggish. With all its good intent, the ambition and boldness expected from “Modinomics”, it connotes a lost opportunity. In...
The Indian government has presented plans to open its railways to foreign investment. It said the crumbling network needed a speedy overhaul, and that public-private partnerships would be encouraged. India unveiled plans on Tuesday to...
Narendra Modi was being widely discussed in China in the week before the election results were announced in India. Several Chinese scholars and researchers I met in Shanghai were curious to find out the prospects...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) expects slower global growth in the decades ahead. It blames ageing Western populations and lagging productivity in emerging economies for the slowdown. Global gross domestic product (GDP)...
Indian equity culture is a notorious concoction of temptation, noise, and information scarcity! India is indeed a statistical marvel! A country of over a billion people with a $1 trillion plus economy, a middle class...
