Investment

By Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee India needs to accelerate development of national grids for power and water resources, build desalination plants as well as expand health care services. Foreign investments in the infrastructure should be spread across these sectors in addition...

India should boldly venture beyond the “Make in India” initiative and strive to be a “Global Manufacturer” supported by economic reforms and strategic linkup with the world through trade agreements, Singapore’s Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has said. India...

Lacklustre investment and capital expenditure have been key missing pieces in India’s growth story. Gross capital formation fell four ticks in the last three years, to below 30% of GDP by December 2015. This pales in comparison to China’s investment...

India is set to invest INR60,000 crore to double its ports capacity to 3,000 million tonnes (MT) by 2025 from 1,500 MT in 2015, announced Road, Transport and Shipping Minister Union Nitin Gadkari said. "We will double the capacity of...

Minister Philip Dunne who was in Goa for Defexpo 2016. The United Kingdom is “very well placed to work with India on its new strategy and welcomed the Defence Procurement Policy (DPP), announced by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at the...

Aramco's petroleum processing plant. Saudi Arabia's cash-rich group, Aramco, plans to invest in India's petroleum sector, according to a tweet by the External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi. Head of Aramco Khalid A Al Falih called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during...

India has become the world’s fourth largest spender on defence, following a 13.1 percent increase in its 2016-17 defence budget, according to IHS Inc, the leading global source of critical information and insight. India’s climb in the rankings, from sixth...

Russian Helicopters' Mi-26 and Mi8/17 for military service. For India, the like of these is Mi-17.   Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, is looking to sign a long-term maintenance agreement with the Indian Ministry of Defense to provide after-sales...

India's sedimentary map. source: DGH. India will offer 67 small fields in the fourth quarter of this year, aiming to produce from an estimated one trillion cu ft of natural gas. The fields, in 41 clusters, were discovered by Oil...

India's post property 247 Park and Ruby Arya of Milestone Capital Residential property in India is expected to receive US$1 billion investment this year, given its attractive rate of returns averaging at a high of 20-22 per cent per annum,...