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In its election manifesto for Maharashtra, the winning Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set a goal of transforming Maharashtra into a $1 trillion economy by 2028. To achieve this, the state will need to focus on increasing its share of Foreign Direct Investment which, although the biggest in the country, has stagnated over the past decade.
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The issue of foreign direct investment in pharmaceuticals has come under attack from many lobbies. The answers lie in the public sector or public distribution mechanisms. Addressing public health concerns without vitiating the investment climate must be one of the key priorities of the next government
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The extent of the rupee’s depreciation in 2013 demonstrates the Indian market’s dependence on overseas portfolio investments. Can developing domestic institutional bulwarks allay anxieties during similar crises? Is tapping into India’s deep pool of domestic savings, by modifying archaic regulations, an option?
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According to the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Latin American region is expected to grow at 3% in 2013. Although the growth appears modest, it is not bad given the GDP contraction in the Eurozone in the past two years and the lower growth rates in the rest of the world
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Policy-making in India remains haphazard, and in the name of ‘strategic autonomy’ New Delhi is scuttling its own rise. Biden’s visit underlines India’s importance in the U.S.’ strategic calculus. India must now decide what role it sees for the U.S. in its foreign policy matrix and for itself in the global order
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Despite U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election, a number of issues like the U.S.’s national debt, unemployment and the military withdrawal from Afghanistan need to be addressed. With these multiple national and global imperatives crowding his agenda, will Obama have any time for India?
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Gateway House's Director Manjeet Kripalani was quoted about foreign investment in India in Tengri News, an English-language news website in Kazakhstan. She gives her opinion on the government's tax policy for foreign investors in India and the inefficient reform process.
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Gateway House's Director Manjeet Kripalani was quoted in Oman Observer about foreign investment in India. She gives her opinion on the government's tax policy for foreign investors in India and the inefficient reform process.
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Gateway House's Director Manjeet Kripalani was quoted in an article about foreign investment in India in Arab Times, an English-language newspaper published from Kuwait. She gives her opinion on the government's tax policy for foreign investors in India and the inefficient reform process.
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Gateway House's Director Manjeet Kripalani was quoted about foreign investment in India in the Taipei Times, a major English-language newspaper in Taiwan. She gives her opinion on the government's tax policy for foreign investors in India and the inefficient reform process.