Monologue Monologue - People Speak - January 2015
Highlighting the opinions and thoughts of policymakers and think-tanks on global trade and foreign policy
Government has decided not to allow import of machinery more than five years old unless a different maximum age is ...
Cover Story Hi-Tech Manufacturing: Indias unfinished business
India’s share in global hi-tech manufacturing value added has remained where it was 15 years ago. Reason – lacklustre policies and lack of incentives. If India really wants to boost its exports of “high-tech” products, ...
Manish K Pandey | Editor Of domestic desires and international negotiations
The future of RCEP depends heavily on how India and China negotiate and accommodate each other’s interests and, of course, how other participants react to it
Manish K. Pandey | The Dollar Business
Yet another round of ...
Date Book Date Book January 2015
Have a product to showcase? Want to learn what your rivals are up to? Here’s a list of trade fairs you shouldn’t miss in January and February 2015
India
Traffic infra tech expo
January 7-9, New Delhi
www.trafficinfratechexpo.com
TrafficInfraTech is ...
New-Gen Newsmaker We are dealing with someones pet child, not cats and dogs
Anupama Vinayak is someone who has converted her passion into a flourishing business. Having personally faced several hassles while travelling with her dogs, made this pet parent start Furry Flyers – an international pet relocation ...
Prime Focus Forex Hedging - Walking on the edge? Its time to hedge your bets
On the 16th of last month, Bank of Russia did the unthinkable. In order to stem the slide in the ruble, it hiked interest rates by 650 bps! The result was an immediate four handle ...
Policy Monitor There is a crucial need for enhanced government support to promote R&D
Has the huge demand for Indian generics lulled the country’s pharma industry into somnolence, as reflected from the lack of priority accorded to R&D and new drug discovery initiatives? In an interaction with The Dollar ...
Dockyard Mormugao Port - In search of a fulcrum
Trying to escape all envious eyes at work, given that word had spread about me being sent to Goa on an official tour, that too in late December, I booked myself on the first available ...
Bestseller Raw Silk - A not so silky North-South divide
Be it Princess Dianas white puff-sleeved taffeta gown or Aishwarya Rais flame-coloured Kanjeevaram sari, when it comes to that special day there is just no substitution for silk. In fact, its not just the wedding ...
Importonomics Teakwood - All hail the king of hardwoods
A living room is never complete without some hardwoods. And the world of hardwood furniture is divided between those made of teakwood and those made from everything else. But did you know India is the ...
Steven Philip Warner | Editor-in-Chief Hope is not a strategy...
In the World Bank’s 2014 ranking of the ease of doing business in 189 nations, India was ranked 142nd. Some proof that our manufacturing sector and foreign investors have infrequent encounters Steven Philip Warner | The ...
Inbox Inbox January 2015
We value your feedback, whether criticism or appreciation. And here are a few that hit our mailboxes in December 2014 Logistics seldom finds mention in the media. The Dollar Business’ focus on what drives ...
Globetrotter Symphony Ltd Symphonomics is simple economics
What will you call a company that calls itself a maverick? Pretentious? Will your opinion of it change if you realise its market capitalisation has risen by over 2,000x in the last 10 years? Will ...
Global Manager Our initiatives are well-aligned with the governments Make in India policy
Daizo Ito, President, Panasonic India |
India is not anymore a part of Panasonics emerging market business but has been carved out as the number one priority market globally. In an exclusive interaction with The Dollar ...
Overseas Talk Our trade policy is more open than Indias
Mongy Badr, Minister Plenipotentiary (Commercial), Egypt |
Indias relationship with Egypt is probably the best it has with any country in the Arab world. Despite this, trade between the two countries has barely hit the $5 ...
India Trade India Trade January 2015
News, leads and analysis related to India’s trade and all that’s happened on the policy front during the month of December 2014 India–Russia Trade Putin’s India Visit A friend in need is a friend ...
Global Trade Global Trade January 2015
News, events and analyses related to global trade and snippets of changing trade matrix during the month of December 2014
Saudi Arabia-Israel
Oil Trade
Separating business from politics
Saudi Petroleum Minister Ali Al-Naimi speaking to the media in Vienna, ...
Spotlight Australia Under the Southern Cross it stands!
One of the world’s most peaceful and stable democracies, Australia is also an economic superpower with a high per capita income and a low Gini coefficient. And playing a big role in enabling this are ...
Infographics Musical Instruments - When money is music & vice versa
Of all forms of art known to mankind, music is, by far, the most popular. And music – be it rock or jazz, pop or heavy metal, thumri or qawwali, Western or Indian classical – ...
Contents Contents January 2015
Cover Story – FTP 2015-2020
The new FTP is great in terms of simplifying the complex, but lacks innovation. It treats all exports alike, but the treatment is nothing special. Bottom line – the new FTP ...
