On a three-day business mission to New Delhi, India in April, a delegation led by Italy's deputy minister for economic development, Ivan Scalfarotto, aimed to strengthen bilateral ties and make the most of the plentiful business opportunities that India has on offer. The platform, promoted by the Italian Ministries of Economic...
Smartphones Change Lives of Rural Women in India
28-year old Manisha Badekar runs a design and tailoring shop in Supane, a village in India's western state of Maharashtra. Though she is well-versed in basic tailoring, Badekar has never been to a design school. Yet, her advanced design learning has been via a smartphone, which she uses to look...
Saab Commences Transfer of Missile Technology to India
Sweden's Saab Group and India's Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd., gear up to win the Indian Army's $2 billion surface-to-air missile contract. Even though the joint venture between the two companies has not yet been finalized, the transfer of technology has begun for the air defense missile system called the BAMSE...
Ferrero Rocher to Double its Investment in India
In an interview with the Economic Times, Roberto Grasso, India managing director of the Italian Ferrero Rocher brand of candies, outlined his company's growth and said that the company will double its investment to $256 million in the next few years. Ferrero entered India a decade ago, and: Has an...
India's Ports Handle Increasing Numbers of Containers
According to the Journal of Commerce, container volumes increased this year by 6.3 percent from May to September at India's major ports over the same period last year, reports the Maritime Executive. TEU volumes for Kolkata were up 17 percent; up by five percent at Tuticorin; Visakhapatnam volumes were up...
Asia Competitive Institute Ranks India's States for Ease of Business
In a study done by the Asia Competitive Institute which is part of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the Indian states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi NCR, Goa and Andhra Pradesh are rated as the top five of 21 sub-regional economies in ease of doing business in India....