Other Briefings
Navigating India’s E-Commerce Landscape
India has a vibrant and growing e-commerce industry, which has capitalized on its young population, rising spending power, increased internet penetration, and improvements in supply chain logistics. However, foreign investors will need to consider regulatory constraints and the political environment before entering India’s online marketplace.
India Regulatory Brief: Government Retracts Pension Tax, Regulator Improves Taxpayer Services
In this week’s Market Watch, we examine the government’s flip-flop on the pension tax, tax relief for infrastructure developers, and the an improvement in taxpayer services by the tax regulator.
India Budget 2016: Business Elements
While the union budget focuses on rural and infrastructure sectors, it also included several business elements. In this article, we discuss reforms planned for taxation and regulatory issues, including ways to facilitate ease of doing business in India.
Union Budget 2016-17: An Overview
The union budget focuses on the farming and rural sectors with aims of kickstarting infrastructure projects throughout the country. The budget hopes to generate employment, increase consumption and production, and introducing reforms on tax and FDI.
India Regulatory Brief: Government Clarifies Definition of Start-ups, Ease of Pricing on Imports of MNCs
In this week’s Regulatory Brief we look at the benefits start-ups can obtain under the government’s definition of the venture, changes to reporting standards for MNCs in India, and the government’s initiative to ease pricing of imports for local arms of MNCs.
The Role of the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion
The DIPP is a government regulatory body which oversees industrial growth and everything related to it. It formulates policies, monitors the performance of industries, and encourages investments into India. In this article we discuss the many functions of the DIPP to gain a better understanding of the body.
India Regulatory Brief: Maharashtra Government to Provide Online Services, Telcom Regulator upholds Net Neutrality, Hike in Gold and Silver Import Tariffs
Discusses the Maharashtra government’s online services for businesses, telecom regulator’s ruling on net neutrality and gold and silver import tariffs.
Startup India – Action Plan Launched by Modi Government
While India has a thriving Start Up industry, challenges remain. The government is keen to remove regulatory hurdles and difficulties for the start-up industry, but bureaucracy and difficulties between central and state governments will need to be overcome. In this article we take a look at these issues.
