march 2017 issue

Importonomics

Oh! a Money-Making Machine. (You Wish!)

Be it in India or overseas, the demand for embroidered apparels and textiles have been on the rise! And this growth has also catalysed the rise in demand for sophisticated embroidery machines. Here’s a delightful ...
Exclusive Interview

Indian Capital is Fleeing out of the Country

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has never held back from expressing his views about the country’s economic and political state, even when his own party was in power. In an exclusive interview with The ...
Face2Face

India can become a hub for defence Manufacturing

Samtel Avionics is one of India’s leading players in high-technology avionics and rugged electronic systems for military applications. In an exclusive interaction with The Dollar Business, Puneet Kaura, MD & CEO, Samtel Avionics Ltd., talks ...
Steven Philip Warner | Editor-in-Chief

Hail Aristotle!

If state governments are demanding 'morally right' and sizeable share in tax earnings (under GST), they should also be made equally and individually responsible to build on the nation’s forex chest.Steven Philip Warner | March ...
Global Manager

"We plan to make India a hub for exports to South Asia"

Despite being a late entrant, Renault has grown fast to become one of the best-selling European automobile brands in the Indian automotive market. Sumit Sawhney, CEO and Managing Director, Renault India, shares with The Dollar ...
Dockyard

PRIMED TO TAKE FLIGHT

When GVK unveiled its new ‘export heavy and bonded cargo’ terminal at Air Cargo Complex at Mumbai Airport in December 2016, it captured the attention of India’s foreign trade community. Why? The development aims to ...
Date Book

Date Book March 2017

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 March and April 2017 [India] GTE March 03-06New Delhiwww.garmenttechnologyexpo.comGarment Technology Expo (GTE) is one ...
Cover Story

How a Concoction of Patriotism and Brand can work

What started as a small pharmacy a decade back is today the fastest growing FMCG company in India, targetting Rs.10,000 crore in revenues in FY2017. Patanjali Ayurved Limited (PAL) has given the reigning monarchs of ...
Contents

The Rise and Rise of Patanjali

With Patanjali Ayurved all set to beating the best in FMCG business – home-grown and multinationals alike – there is no doubting the fact that a ‘Made in India’ star is born. Question however is: ...
Global Trade

EU-Mexico Trade Talks-Bracing for the Trump bump

EU and Mexico are working towards strengthening trade ties. Two new rounds of trade talks (to update a 2000 EU-Mexico trade pact) between Cecilia Malmstrom, EU Trade Commissioner and Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexican Economy Minister, are ...
Borderline

The Return of Inflation

While crude oil prices are projected to average $55 per barrel this year (up 29% from the 2016 average oil price), energy and non-energy commodity price indices are projected to increase by 26% and 3% ...
Inbox

Inbox March 2017

We value your feedback, whether criticism or appreciation. And Here are a few that hit our mailboxes in February 2017 Enjoyed reading The Dollar Business on board Air Costa while flying from Tirupati to Hyderabad. It ...
India Trade

India-UK BREXIT Greener pastures?

After a long period of indecisiveness, following Brexit, UK has finally revealed an outline of what could be its international trade strategy for regions outside the European Union (EU). In a white paper released in ...
Monologue

Monologue

Globalisation is good... when trade stops, war comes. Jack Ma Alibaba CEOOn globalisationSource: CNN Money Demonetisation seeks to create a new ‘normal’ wherein the GDP would be bigger, cleaner and real. Arun Jaitley Indian Finance MinisterDuring the tabling of the ...
Case Study

Fragrance of Flowercycling

When two childhood friends, Ankit Agarwal and Karan Rastogi, saw flower waste choking water bodies in and around Kanpur, they decided to do something about it. And the idea they came up with to clean ...
Policy Focus

Ignored, but not Disconsolate

Some would say the Union Budget 2017 did not have much for exporters. On the positive note, it didn't do any harm either. The only benefits that exporters received were indirect, in the form of ...
Policy Monitor

IMPOSITION OF MAT & DDT HAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED US

SEZs account for about 30-35% of India’s total exports. However, a non-supportive tax structure coupled with limited participation by the states has resulted in an under-realised growth from this sector. In an exclusive interview with ...
Rendezvous

We want to attract R&D-intensive FDI

The government at the Centre has been striving hard to devise strategies to improve the investment climate in the country. Speaking to The Dollar Business, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State for Finance and ...
TDB Forum

TDB Forum Ask A Question March 2017

In the world of export-import, each shipment counts. And you cannot afford to make any “uninformed investment”. So, if you have any doubt or a question, ask us. Our team of experts at The Dollar ...
The Secret Ingredient

Honey, I blew up the Profits!

For those Indians in the business of honey exports, the past few years have actually been ‘extra sweet’. India’s exports of natural honey has grown in proportion to the increase in consumption across international markets, ...