INVESTING IN INDIA
An Introduction for Chinese Companies The fundamentals that make India attractive to investors are its high potential of the domestic market driven pool of talent of an emerging middle class. The country’s domestic demand-driven growth model is playing the catalyst in attracting foreign investments in the country. Although the on-going global uncertainty stemming from recessionary concerns and sovereign debt crisis has, to some extent, prompted some discomfort among global investors regarding long-term commitments, yet India’s inherent advantages and its proven resilience to counter macro-economic challenges far outweigh these concerns. Most research reports see India among the world’s leading three destinations for manufacturing by 2020. In the given scenario, China has become India’s largest trading partner, with Sino-Indian trade touching the $75 billion mark. Santosh Pai
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ndia is transitioning into the next phase of the growth cycle. Manufacturing is likely to play a leading role in this growth trajectory. The new National Manufacturing Policy introduced by the Government
of India (GoI) is expected to further boost manufacturing activities in the country. Thus any foreign investor who wishes to undertake business in India ZLOO ¿QG WUHPHQGRXV RSSRUWXQLWLHV The Industrial Policy offers a great deal of freedom to business houses and entrepreneurs to make their own investment decisions. India has
gone through almost two decades of economic reforms. Continuity in the economic liberalization process and the political consensus that economic change necessitates has placed India on a growth path. The country ranks higher than many countries in key parameters such as market size (3rd) and innovation
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