Other Briefings
India Market Watch: Demonetization Boosts Digital Payments Sector and Bengaluru, Mumbai Top Asian Real Estate Markets
In this week’s Market Watch, we highlight the indirect boost to India’s nascent digital payments industry amidst the fallout of demonetization, the rise of Bengaluru and Mumbai as leading Asian real estate investment destinations, and some of the challenges facing Indian online retailers.
Import and Export Licensing Procedures in India
India’s import and export system is governed by the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act of 1992 and India’s Export Import Policy. Imports and exports of all goods are free, except for the items regulated by the EXIM policy or any other law currently in force.
India Market Watch: India’s High Currency Demonetization and Abu Dhabhi Global Market (ADGM) Woos Indian Investors
In this week’s Market Watch, we highlight the high currency demonetization in India as old five hundred and one thousand Rupee notes lose value from November 9 (barring specific instances for a limited period); efficient cost of doing business in Telengana; and Abu Dhabi Global Market’s pitch to Indian investors.
City Spotlight: Investing in India’s Hyderabad
The city of Hyderabad was ranked second in the latest survey by the World Bank in terms of Ease of Doing Business in India. This article highlights the city’s vibrant cultural, economic, and educational infrastructure that supports its positive business and foreign investment prospects.
India’s Rankings in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2017
India ranks 130 in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2017 – a marginal improvement over its rank of 131 last year (despite the government’s aggressive reforms agenda). This article examines the assessment of India’s business environment and the Report’s methodological advantages and limitations.
India Market Watch: Ease of Doing Business State Rankings in India and the Auto Components Market in Northeast India
In this week’s Market Watch, we examine the Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking of India’s states for 2015-2016 jointly conducted by the government and World Bank, the untapped market potential for automobile components in the northeastern states, and the latest GSMA Intelligence report on India’s mobile economy.
Key Outcomes of the 2016 BRICS Summit
The eighth annual BRICS Summit took place in India from October 15 to 16 this year, in the midst of louder geopolitical rhetoric than usual. This article highlights the few key outcomes of the 2016 summit, including growing business and investment ties with Brazil and the challenges that lay ahead for BRICS.
India Market Watch: Funding Boost for Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor and India, Brazil Sign Investment Treaty
In this week’s market watch, we discuss the proposed Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor; briefly examine the slowdown in job creation in the past few years in India; and finally, highlight the four MoUs exchanged between Brazil and India at the sidelines of the 2016 BRICS Summit.
