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RBI Holds Key Interest Rate Due to Inflationary Risks
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today kept its key interest rate steady at 7.25%, in line with expectations, due to continued concern with inflation...
India’s GDP Growth Slows Sharply in March Quarter
India’s GDP slowed to its slowest pace in a decade in the March quarter, suggesting the economy remains under pressure in the current quarter...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today kept its key interest rate steady at 7.25%, in line with expectations, due to continued concern with inflation...
India’s GDP slowed to its slowest pace in a decade in the March quarter, suggesting the economy remains under pressure in the current quarter...
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Gloomy picture: Growth slips to decade low of 5%
The Tribune India 01/06/2013The Indian economy had its worst year in a decade as growth rate slumped to 5 per cent on account of slowing consumption hit by inflation and lack of investment due to slow project clearance and low investor confidence. Read the full article
India's Economy Remains Under Pressure
SME Times 31/05/2013Drop in manufacturing, agriculture output and a fall in the rupee suggests that the India's economy remains under pressure in the current quarter, London-based consulting firm - IndusView said in a press statement Friday. Read the full article
Reserve Bank of India Cuts Interest Rates To Boost Growth, As Expected
IndusView 03/05/2013The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today reduced its interest rates by 25 basis points to 7.25%, in line with expectations, with inflation and global commodity prices moving in a favourable direction... Read the full article
India Gold Demand Surges ahead of Akshaya Tritya Festival
IndusView 24/04/2013"The falling prices have come in as a boon and Indian consumers are making the most of it ahead of Akshaya Tritiya festival, which is on May 13th this year,” said Bundeep Singh Rangar, Chairman of London-based advisory firm IndusView. "It is a tradition to buy gold in India where it is synonymous with social status and prestige.” Read the full article
RBI Cuts in Key Interest Rate to Boost Growth
The Indian Awaaz 22/03/2013"A mantra of growth now permeates the RBI’s corridors,” said Bundeep Singh Rangar, Chairman of London-based advisory firm IndusView. "Three rate cuts in a year shows that the RBI is in harmony with the government’s attempts to revive growth.” Read the full article
Reserve Bank of India Cuts Key Interest Rate To Boost Growth
IndusView 19/03/2013The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today reduced its key lending rate by 0.25 basis points to 7.50%, in an attempt to boost growth as inflation remains in check, in the third cut since April last year... Read the full article
India’s Union Budget 2013
IndusView 28/02/2013India’s Finance Minister will be assessed by international investors on policy changes to increase foreign inflows, clarify tax laws and expand the country’s tax base, in his presentation of the Union Budget shortly after the latest gross domestic product (GDP) data is released today Read the full article
Is India Wooing the Wrong Dollar-surplus Segments?
Knowledge@Wharton 28/02/2013India needs foreign exchange. The country's oil import bill was US$15.6 billion in January 2013. Total imports were US$45.6 billion and exports were a much lower US$25.6 billion, leaving a monthly trade deficit of US$20 billion... Read the full article
Budget Should Be Pragmatic Not Populist: IndusView
Bloomberg TV India 25/02/2013Bundeep Singh Rangar, Chairman at Indusview, believes that increasing foreign inflows is the key to reducing the Current Account Deficit (CAD) and that cutting subsidies is required... Read the full article
UK Prime Minister David Cameron urges India to Open up to British business
IndusView 22/02/2013UK Prime Minister David Cameron concluded his trip to India this week to meet his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, as well as the Indian president, Pranab Mukherjee, asking them to open its trade doors wider to British business... Read the full article
Foreign M&A Investors shun India as uncertainty reigns
The Deal 05/02/2013Doing business in emerging markets often requires as strong a stomach as eating at a roadside food stall, but investors last year were particularly wary of India, according to a report on inbound mergers and acquisitions by law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP... Read the full article
Reserve Bank of India Cuts Rates To Boost Growth, Emulating China
IndusView 29/01/2013Borrowing a leaf or two from Chinese policy makers to spur economic growth, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to reduce its key interest rate to 7.75% from 8% for the first time in nine months as well as reduce the amount of cash Indian banks must set aside as reserves... Read the full article
India's Outsourcing Business - On The Turn
The Economist 23/01/2013"For IBM, says Bundeep Rangar, chief executive of IndusView, an advisory firm, the total cost of its employees in India used to be about 80% less than in America; now the gap is 30-40% and narrowing fast..." Read the full article
Reserve Bank of India Maintains Status Quo on Interest Rates
IndusView 30/10/2012The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today kept its interest rates unchanged while cutting its growth forecast but increasing its inflation outlook as the nation’s economic conditions remain sluggish... Read the full article
The Reserve Bank of India Maintains Key Interest Rate; Drops CRR
IndusView 17/09/2012The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today kept interest rates unchanged, despite last-minute hopes for a reduction in the wake of policy changes announced by India’s government last Friday... Read the full article
FDI Liberalization to Boost Retail, Airlines, Banks and Property Sectors in India
IndusView 14/09/2012IndusView, Sunday September 16 (London): The Indian Prime Minister introduced the long awaited reforms allowing foreign direct investments (FDI) in multi-branded retail and aviation sectors on Friday... Read the full article
India GDP Data Better Than Expected for This Quarter
IndusView 31/08/2012New economic growth figures have been announced today in India showing the economy grew 5.5% in the quarter, driven by a rebound in construction and financial services, and slightly better than the 5.3% posted in the three-month period ending in March... Read the full article
As Offshoring Grows, Banks Grapple with Oversight
Economic Times 10/08/2012Global banks that ship increasingly sensitive and sophisticated work overseas to save costs will be forced to step up oversight of back office operations after industry scandals point to lapses involving offshore units in India... Read the full article
As Offshoring Grows, Banks Grapple with Oversight
Reuters 08/08/2012What started a decade ago as call centres staffed by young Indians faking Western accents to sell credit cards and field routine queries has grown into a core function for banks, handling work from risk and fraud management to finance and accounting.... Read the full article
India Frustrations Send Some Foreign Firms Packing
Reuters 08/06/2012Frustrated by a lack of opportunities in India, Germany's Fraport, the world's No. 2 airport operator, is shutting its development office in the country, the latest in a growing list of companies exiting Asia's third-largest economy... Read the full article
India to be $2-trn economy by FY13-end?
Business Standard 01/06/2012India may turn into a $2-trillion economy by the end of this financial year, provided the rupee remains below 50.79 against the dollar during this period... Read the full article
Proposed Indian Tax Rule Could Impact Free Trade Talks with the EU and Canada
IndusView 20/03/2012The latest Indian annual budget for 2012-2013, revealed by India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee last Friday, takes India a step backward toward its previous economic protectionist policies and could derail its discussions for free trade agreements with Canada and the European Union, its biggest trading partner... Read the full article
Revoked Indian Telecom Licenses Spur Legal Action
Knowledge@Wharton 02/03/2012The Indian Supreme Court’s decision to revoke 122 licenses granted to eight telecommunications companies as part of a $40 billion scam allegedly perpetrated by the country’s former telecom minister is spurring a wave of legal and managerial reactions... Read the full article
Cancellation of 2G licenses could see affected players taking legal course against Supreme Court judgement
Mergermarket 06/02/2012The cancelation of 122 second-generation (2G) mobile licenses issued after January 2008 in India could see affected companies take legal action, industry sources said. Read the full article
Vodafone Indian Supreme Court Win a Positive Sign for Foreign Investments in India
IndusView 20/01/2012The decision by India’s Supreme Court in favor of Vodafone Group Plc, the world’s biggest mobile phone company, is a positive signal to foreign investors worried about tax and investment policies in the world’s second fastest growing major economy. Read the full article
Vodafone wins $2.5bn tax fight in India
By Penny MacRae (AFP) 20/01/2012India's top court on Friday rejected a $2.5 billion tax bill slapped on British phone giant Vodafone over its purchase of a local mobile operator in a ruling seen as a boost to foreign investment. Read the full article
Vodafone wins $2.5bn tax fight in India
France 24 20/01/2012Indian authorities imposed the $2.5 billion tax bill and sought an equal sum in penalties over Vodafone's $11.1 billion purchase in 2007 of a majority stake in the Indian mobile unit of Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa. Read the full article
Indian IT giants reluctant to finalize EU deals - Industry sources - Analysis
Mergermarket 23/11/2011EU targets would help Indian companies enhance their R&D, sales and after sales capabilities. Indian large caps should move away from a service based model - which is becoming increasingly commoditized - and implement a strategy focused on products, said Bundeep Singh Rangar, Chairman at advisory firm Indus View. Read the full article
Business India Forum holds successful event
Maya Newspapers 07/10/2011The Final Business India Forum event of 2011 saw a full house at the luxurious East India Club in St James' Square. With a focus on the fast growing lifestyle and luxury sectors key speakers from the industry gave an insight into the opportunities and potential pitfalls of doing business in India. Chair for the evening, Bundeep Singh Rangar of IndusView in his... Read the full article
European debt crises and its effects on the US and Asia
Nivesh Manthan Magazine 08/09/2011Bundeep Singh Rangar, Chairman of IndusView UK Ltd, says that a deeper recession in the EU could stifle expectations for US recovery...(Article in Hindi on Page 19) Read the full article
Dealmakers await verdict in Vedanta-Cairn review
Laura Board (thedeal.com) 10/06/2011Any day now the Indian government will rule on Vedanta Resources plc's $9.6 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in Cairn India Ltd. A verdict could end months of uncertainty about a 10-month-old energy deal that has been closely followed by aspiring investors who are increasingly skittish about India's "regulatory growing pains," as one observer politely puts it... Read the full article
The Global Economy in 2011: A Rocky Ride or Smoother Sailing Ahead?
Knowledge Wharton 05/01/2011In the United States, most experts are betting that the economy will grow stronger this year, but they warn that high unemployment, a depressed housing industry and other problems could dampen growth... Read the full article
Govt vows telecom action; loan probe may widen - source
29/11/2010The government vowed action against companies that allegedly secured valuable telecom licenses at rock-bottom prices, while the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) built its case in a bribes-for-loans probe that a source said would be widened... Read the full article
Telecom Finance September 2010 IndusView Press Coverage
01/09/2010It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like LBOs are back on the menu. Private equity, having been sidelined since the financial crisis took hold in 2007, is finally putting its massive stores of cash to work... Read the full article
India 3G auction ends, windfall for government
Dow Jones Newswires 19/05/2010India's third-generation mobile bandwidth auction ended Wednesday after 34 days, boosting government coffers by $14.6 billion, as companies such as Bharti Airtel Ltd. and Reliance Communications Ltd. bid to expand their services in the world's fastest growing telecom market... Read the full article
Telcos may have to raise Rs 50,000 cr to fund 3G rollout
Business Standard 17/05/2010In what could be one of the largest debt-raising exercises within a sector, telecom companies that win the third generation (3G) licences are expected to raise more than Rs 50,000 crore by way of debt in order to roll out their services... Read the full article