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India’s investment rating up in Japan

July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Giving a new impetus to increasing Japanese investments into India, Nomura, the Tokyo-based lender, has ranked India number one with regard to investment potential in comparison to key emerging markets. …

Delhi-Moscow flight can boost tourism, business

July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 - by India Writes Network

The resumption of a direct Air India flight between New Delhi and Moscow, after a gap of 15 years, is poised to enhance business and people-to-people contacts between the two …

Russian pipeline

July 18, 2014July 22, 2014 - by India Writes Network

The idea of an overland pipeline bringing hydrocarbons from Russia to India has been around for a while. Mooted under UPA rule, the proposal is gaining some traction with the …

It’s time for Latin America: Indian diplomacy on upswing

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 - by Manish Chand

Distances never came in the way of love affairs from blossoming or diplomacy’s perennial drive to interlink dreams and destines. Invoking India’s sage poet Rabindranath Tagore and Pablo Neruda, the beloved poet of desire, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a multi-pronged Latin America charm offensive to deepen New Delhi’s engagement with this emerging growth pole of the world.
In a well-received speech in Brasilia at the BRICS’ outreach meeting with the leaders of South American countries July 16, Mr Modi offered an exhilarating brew of trade, IT, tele-medicine and capacity building to South America, which he called
“this great continent; of beauty, opportunities and warm people.”

Iraq crisis: Lessons for India

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 - by India Writes Network

It’s just been a month and Narendra Modi led NDA government is already confronting impediments on almost all crucial fronts. With the 80 per cent India facing monsoon deficit, terrains …

Mahatma Gandhi’s statue to grace London’s Parliament Square

July 13, 2014July 15, 2014 - by India Writes Network

India’ most well-known freedom fighter, and global independence icon, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi— better known as Mahatma Gandhi— lived in London for only three years as a law student. However, his …

India and Latin America: It’s time to tango

July 12, 2014July 15, 2014 - by Manish Chand

It’s time for Latin America in India’s diplomacy. When India’s newly-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Brazil July 15-16 for the sixth BRICS summit, he will probably become the first Indian leader to meet the leaders of a dozen South American countries at one place.

Takeaways for Defence in the Union Budget 2014-15

July 12, 2014July 12, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Delivering his maiden budget speech on 10th July 2014, the Finance Minister, who also happens to hold the charge of the defence portfolio, talked about the challenging task of reviving …

Budget 2014: Focus on reforms, high growth rate

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has unveiled a reform-focused budget and targeted sustained economic growth rates of 7-8 per cent over the next four years by promoting manufacturing, bolstering infrastructure …

Budget 2014: Mapping out India’s economic reforms

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Unveiling the roadmap for India’s economic reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the maiden budget of the Narendra Modi government in the Indian parliament on July 10. The pre-budget Economic Survey forecasts India’s GDP growth in the range of 5.4 and 5.9 percent in 2014/15 and argues for a host of corrective steps to bolster and rejuvenate the country’s economy. Here are the highlights of the India’s 2014 budget.