Investment

Vibrant Gujarat Summit, which kicked off yesterday in Gandhinagar, Gujarat has already hit the high octane note of business and optimism as companies have pledged investments worth Rs 10 lakh crore in the state along with signing 15,000…

Indian entrepreneurs, who have tasted success in their journey, have now started giving it back to the ecosystem which prompted their assent. And leading the way are Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal. After growing…

Technology investors and venture capitalists are betting big time on India: $1.3 billion or Rs 7800 crore worth of investments have already been done in the last 12 months, with 82% of all investments going to startups and early stage…

Under fire from all the quarters due to deteriorating law and order incidents in Uttar Pradesh, CM Akshilesh Yadav organized a special “Investors Conclave” in New Delhi, and the results are fascinating to say the least. As per reports…

Infibeam, one of the leading ecommerce portal and global music giant Sony Music Entertainment have today announced a definitive agreement, where in Sony Music has bought strategic stake in Infibeam Digital Entertainment Pvt. Ltd (INDENT).…

CRMnext, one of the leading global CRM (Customer relationship Management) product company have today announced a strategic investment of USD 7 million (INR 42 crore) from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). The newly raised funds will be…

The business of politics and the politics of business; both are very interesting subjects. But when it comes to actual implementation of either of these in actual life, then things can go pretty nasty. Last month, we had celebrated the…

Government of India has approved 20 Foreign Direct Investment proposals amounting to Rs. 915.83 crore have been approved based on the recommendations given by Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in their meeting held on Oct 24th.…

Sachin Tendulkar, the iconic cricketer who is going to play his 200th and last test match against West Indies next month, has made an investment in online travel portal. Way back in June, 2013, he had picked up a minority stake of 7.5%…

This should come as a big boost to Indian Economy and falling rupee. Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh announced on Tuesday opening up of Foreign Direct Investment in 10 sectors, which include Defence production, Insurance, Petrol…

This is BIG news for Indian startup Ecosystem – SEBI today released amendments to SEBI Regulations (1998) that have potential to a big effect startups & Small Businesses in India. Here are some of the decisions that were made in a…

This news has surely surprised me, and it is probably a first world over. SEBI is mulling upon a refund plan for IPO investments in Indian stock markets. According to a article in WSJ, Securities and Exchange Board of India is planning to…

A recap In my previous article in this series, I lamented that inflation has averaged ~9.8% p.a. over the last 5 years and that it has essentially obliterated the purchasing power of money by 37.5% during this period. I also talked about…

India has been ranked as the 4th most preferred country for investment, expansion and business opportunity by Chief Financial Officers (CFO) from 14 countries. The results are a part of a study titled Ambition Survey 2012 conducted by BDO…

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its World Investment Report for 2012 which outlined that FDI in 2011 exceeded pre-economic crisis levels. More importantly, the report ranked India as the 3rd most…

Government of India yesterday released the amount of Foreign Direct Investment received by India in Financial Year 2011-12. In last 2 years, FDI had show significant drop as compared to 200-09 when flow of foreign money in India was at its…

Gujarat attracted maximum investment proposals compared to any of the 20 industrial states in India. According to the recent study undertaken by ASSOCHAM, Gujarat attracted investment proposals of Rs 16.28 lakh crore in year 2011. After…

Let me ask you three questions. Question 1: Do you have high savings? Question 2: Do you save at the expense of putting off critical purchases? Question 3: Do you think that is good for the economy? Well if the answer to the…

While doing business in India may not be the easiest (this doesn’t in anyway mean that India cannot improve its business friendly policies and initiatives), but it definitely is a place to be in for the future. And as business is a game of…

You might have a great investment strategy of dividing your risks and increasing returns between mutual funds, recurring deposits, shares and debentures, gold and silver and much more, but have you considered Insurance? We're not talking…