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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicForeign investment

Topic: foreign investment

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.

China promotes business to foreign corporate leaders like Apple, Pfizer amid intensifying US tariffs

Trump imposed 20% tariffs on all Chinese goods in January, accusing Beijing of not doing enough to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States, straining relations between both.

India’s growth can’t run on autopilot. Investors aren’t buying Modi’s global bright spot hype

Every time Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal speaks, you would think India is the world’s preeminent export hub. In reality, our share of global merchandise exports is under 3% and shrinking.

While foreign investors are pulling money out of India, domestic investor enthusiasm steadies the ship

Foreign institutional investors saw record net outflows of Rs 1.14 lakh crore in October. Yet domestic investors pumped in nearly that amount, preventing a further fall in the stock market.

India’s ‘no-holds-barred approach’ to Sikh separatism & the ‘business of God’ on global media’s radar

International media also reports that foreign investors increasingly fear that India’s stock market boom may be drawing to a close.

Why FDI in India is lowest in 16 yrs — no real ease of doing business, ill-considered treaty moves

As percentage of GDP, gross & net FDI are lowest since mid-2000s. ‘Rigidities’ in doing business here, and India’s decision to terminate bilateral treaties are to blame, analysts say.

BBC says it won’t be parent of Collective Newsroom, entity set up in restructuring of India ops

Under lens for alleged FDI violations, BBC announced Wednesday it will restructure its India ops to comply with foreign investment rules. The new entity set up is called Collective Newsroom.

India needs FDI reform to renew investor confidence now. Don’t wait till after 2024 election

These are not “normal times”. As countries focus on decoupling from China, and de-risking their supply chains, India should present itself as a new market for investors.

Global accounting firms set up shop in smaller Indian cities as demand grows

A report by Ernst & Young in June said it expects multinationals to set up 'global capability centres' for all types of industries in tier-2 cities such as Jaipur, Vadodara, Kochi.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.