Telangana next in line to allow women to work at night, UAE businesses owned by Indians commit close to $4 billion dollars in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra to supply free cloud-based software to small and medium businesses, Haryana institutes a district-level…
By Conor Cronin & Norashiqin Toh — Voters in the Philippines went to the polls for a general election on May 9. Although official results will not be available for several days, unofficial tallies for the presidential race show a…
Rajasthan inviting private firms to manage the power grids in two cities, Gujarat announces new agency focusing on small businesses, Haryana introduces scheme to reimburse 50 percent costs for registering patents, Uttar Pradesh to waive taxes on land purchases for…
By Sarah Watson — The ongoing negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade agreement among countries in the Indo-Pacific, took a belligerent tone recently. Indian trade negotiators expressed their intention to take an aggressive posture on…
Who is he? Muhammad Ibrahim is deputy governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, a position he has held since 2010. Muhammad has worked at Bank Negara since 1984 – making him the most senior of the three deputy governors. During the…
Andhra expands its solar energy projects, Railway Ministry to form joint venture with Maharashtra to manage projects worth $3.4 billion, Gujarat exempts small salt producers from paying industrial value-added tax (VAT), Haryana introduces scheme for acquisition of specialized technology, center…
By Samyukta Balsubramani — India is one of the world’s fastest developers of solar energy and will be the largest driver of solar power expansion over the next 25 years. Moreover, there has been a rapid decline in the price…
Prime Minister Modi announces e-trading platform for agriculture produce, Rajasthan relaxes is “two child policy” for government employees, Uttar Pradesh leading in public-private partnerships, Naidu approaches World Bank for building Andhra’s capital, ADB to provide $300 million for roads in…
Who is he? Vuong Dinh Hue was most recently the head of the economic commission of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Communist Party, a position that he held from January 2013. He served as minister of finance between 2011…
By Richard Rossow — This week Defense Secretary Ashton Carter made his second visit to India since becoming secretary of defense in February 2015. The strategic community had fairly high expectations for the visit, particularly as it became apparent that…
