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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicForeign Capital

Topic: Foreign Capital

India’s love-hate relationship with foreign capital holds it back. What Budget 2026 hints at

Reviewing Foreign Exchange Management rules is fine, but India needs to stop being so suspicious of foreign money to hit 10 per cent growth.

India’s financial reforms target a wave of foreign money

Up to 100% foreign ownership of insurance firms, and overhauled rules for banks, pension funds and capital markets aim to shift savings from idle assets toward equities, bonds and long-term investments.

Karnataka sees 72% decline in startup investments as funding winter looms large — Traxcn report

Total funding down from $12.2 billion in 2022 to $3.4 billion in the southern state, according to report by Market research firm Traxcn. Bengaluru alone is home to 18,000 startups.

India needs a minister of investment, not just finance

India needs to open doors to US & Japanese capital, marshal & allocate every scrap of funds prudently to break free from the lower-middle-income trap.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.