India increased its rooftop solar power capacity in 2017 by more than the previous four years combined, adding 715 megawatts in rooftop photo-voltaic power and recording a compound annual growth rate of 117% since 2013. That makes solar the fastest-growing area of the country’s clean energy market, and solar rooftop...
Ten Most Significant Changes in India in the Last Decade
Forbes documents the top ten most significant changes that India has witnessed from 2010 to 2017. Read a lightly edited summary of these below: 1) Emerging as one of the largest economies The recent economic expansion noted in India has brought a record number of people out of poverty. A...
Barack Obama Revisits India
Former president Barack Obama completed a three nation tour to China, India and France recently. In his first visit to India after leaving office, Obama met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, addressed a Leadership Summit sponsored by the Hindustan Times newspaper, and held a town hall meeting...
India Improves Investor Appeal
You may want to take a fresh look at business opportunities and investments in India, if a new World Bank report is to be believed. In November 2001, Goldman Sachs published a landmark paper where they identified India, along with Brazil, China, and Russia as the four “BRIC” economies that...
India and USA Are Natural Allies says Tillerson
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in India as part of a multi-stop tour across the Middle East and South Asia. He had discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and India's minister for Foreign Affairs Ms. Sushma Swaraj. Tillerson and Swaraj stressed the close relationship and shared values between...
Corporate America Bets on India
John Chambers, executive chairman, Cisco, and chairman, U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum says, "While India has long been an important global market, never before has it attracted so much enthusiasm from the American business community." Chambers attributes India's economic transformation, from "slow follower to fast innovator in a matter of several...