Foreign Investment

Budget 2021: Startups Seek Cuts In GST Rates, Suspension Of Basel Norms

Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad | Tuesday January 26, 2021

Budget 2021: Cuts in GST rates, suspension of basel norms for three years, and measures to increase foreign investments are some demands which experts seek for the startup industry

Government Assured Strict Changes in Foreign Investment Rules for E-Commerce, Trader Group Says

Reuters | Friday January 22, 2021

A trader group representing millions of brick-and-mortar retailers said it has received government assurances that stringent changes will be made to foreign investment rules for e-commerce, a move that could hit Amazon.

Budget 2021: Government Should Continue Ease Of Doing Business Reforms, Says Alstom

Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad | Thursday January 21, 2021

Budget 2021: The government should consider railways as a major infrastructural sector and devise targeted recovery plans which can incentivise foreign investments

Amazon Could Be Hit as India Is Said to Plan Foreign Investment Rule Changes

Reuters | Wednesday January 20, 2021

India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce in a move that could compel players including Amazon to restructure their ties with some major sellers.

India Weighs Foreign Investment Changes That Could Hit Amazon: Report

India News | Reuters | Tuesday January 19, 2021

India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could compel players, including Amazon.com Inc, to restructure their ties with some major sellers

Government Plans Foreign Investment Rule Changes That Could Hit Amazon

Business | Reuters | Tuesday January 19, 2021

Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart were last hit in December 2018 by investment rule changes that barred foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake.

Foreigners Net Sellers of Asian Equities In 2020 Despite Q4 Turnaround

Business | Edited by Nirmalya Sen | Thursday January 7, 2021

Foreign investments: Indian equities lured $23 billion worth of inflows last year, helped by a flood of money arriving in the fourth quarter

These Indian Firms Made Highest Foreign Investment This Year

Business | Nikita Prasad | Saturday December 19, 2020

Foreign Direct Investment: JSW Steel, ONGC Videsh, HCL Technologies, Haldia Petrochemicals, Mahindra & Mahindra were the top five companies that made the highest investment

Investors' Mindset Has Changed From 'Why India' To 'Why Not India': PM Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 19, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hard sold his government's reforms spanning from manufacturing to taxation to labour, saying they have changed the world perception about the country from 'why India' to 'why not India' and went on to quote record foreign investment during the pandemic as a testimony to that.

Foreign Investors Not Deterred By Covid-19, Pour Record Amount In Equities

Business | Written by Abhishek Vasudev | Wednesday December 16, 2020

Cheap stock valuations in the aftermath of Covid-related lockdown and gush of liquidity infused by central banks helped foreign investors pour money into Indian stocks, analysts said.

Foreign Direct Investment Grew 13% At Peak Of COVID-19 Pandemic: Piyush Goyal

Business | Edited by Nikita Prasad | Tuesday December 15, 2020

FDIs into India have been continuously growing as the country has one of the most facilitative policies to attract overseas investors, Mr Goyal, said

"I Have To Ask Big Brother In America?" Retailer In Reliance vs Amazon

India News | Saritha Rai, Bloomberg | Wednesday November 25, 2020

A battle between Amazon.com Inc. and Reliance Industries Ltd. to dominate India's $1 trillion consumer market is stoking nationalist rhetoric in a courtroom and outside, as the two companies tussle over the future of a distressed local retailer.

India Stymies Investment From Hong Kong Amid China Border Row: Report

India News | Shruti Srivastava, Bloomberg | Monday November 23, 2020

India is subjecting foreign investment proposals from Hong Kong at par with China as part of a new policy that makes approval mandatory for plans from countries that share a land border, a person with the knowledge of the matter said.

Government Seeks Foreign Investment In Strategic Petroleum Reserves

Business | Reuters | Monday November 9, 2020

Government recently allowed Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) to re-export some of its oil stored in Mangalore SPR, mirroring a model adopted by South Korea and Japan.

Tesla May Build A Battery Plant In Indonesia 

Edited By Kingshuk Dutta | Tuesday October 20, 2020

Indonesia has banned exporting nickel which could be one of the reasons why Tesla is now looking to invest in the country.