By Sarah Watson — What enables a company — foreign or domestic — to break ground on a new investment in India? While macroeconomic factors such as the health of world trade and the growth of India’s economy undoubtedly affect…
Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu launch major distribution programs for energy-efficient appliances; Maharashtra waives fees for electric vehicles; ADB offers Rajasthan $500 million to improve its road network; Karnataka mandates energy-efficient pumps for those seeking new electricity connections; and more.…
Andhra signs agreement with Iowa on agriculture and life science; Suzuki Motors ramps its investment in Gujarat to over $2 billion; India’s lowest solar tariff at 3 cents/unit in Rajasthan; underground stretch of Chennai Metro Rail starts operations; new Uttar…
The AIIB makes its first investment in India; Jharkhand makes it free to register property in a woman’s name; state power ministers support pooling of all types of power generation; the Madhya Pradesh fiscal year will start January 1; and…
By Dominic Chiu — China is one of the largest and fastest-growing film industries in the world. At the same time, it maintains extensive quantitative and content restrictions on the screening of foreign films. In 2016 China raised the number…
Andhra Pradesh stops development of coal-fired power plants; Tamil Nadu to connect 12,000 villages to the internet; Gujarat caps private school fees; Haryana goes “kerosene free”; Walmart expands in Telangana; and more. Center-State relations Although the Real Estate (Regulation and…
States can now borrow ODA directly from lenders for infrastructure projects; Haryana will cut power to areas with high rates of non-payment and exempts solar equipment from tax; Delhi ranks first in internet readiness; Rajasthan experiments with private power distribution;…
The World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings will now incorporate data from 10 Indian cities; solar tariffs hit a new low in Andhra Pradesh; Maharashtra will allow conversion of industrial land to commercial and residential districts; Haryana plans unique…
By Murray Hiebert — Much of Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to northeast Asia has focused on containing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, but when he lands in Indonesia on April 20 his attention will pivot to reassuring the rest…
Inter-State Council Standing Committee meets for the first time since 2005; Chandrababu Naidu is giving up multiple cabinet portfolios to take on the Happiness Department; Maharashtra can now set Uber and Ola rates, while Haryana taxes cabs at the border;…
