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10 January 2014

FDI pharma policy needs unusual answers

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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27 December 2013

Curbing India’s dependence on FII flows

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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12 September 2013

Latin America: 3% projected GDP growth in 2013

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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30 July 2013

India’s torpor, U.S.’ frustration

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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9 November 2012

Obama Redux: The view from India

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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18 April 2012

India sours for foreign investors

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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17 April 2012

India policy flip-flops further sour investors mood

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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16 April 2012

India market sours for foreign investors

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.

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16 April 2012

India scours for foreign investors

Gateway House's Director Manjeet Kripalani was quoted about foreign investment in India in the Borneo Post, an English-language daily newspaper in the island of Borneo. She gives her opinion on the government's tax policy for foreign investors in India and the inefficient reform process.