The Indian Election: A Rare Historic Opportunity for Coherent Investment Policies in India

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© 2014 Prof. Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University For the past 30 years, India has been governed by a series of raucous coalition governments. At least some of the caution, vacillation, and even backtracking on investment and taxation policies that have dismayed foreign companies contemplating foreign direct investment (FDI) in India can be attributed to this. … Continue reading The Indian Election: A Rare Historic Opportunity for Coherent Investment Policies in India

What the Indian Election Means for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India

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© 2014 Prof. Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University Narendra Modi, the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and presumptive Prime Minister, is portrayed as pro-business and a man of decisive action. The rival Congress party, in power for the last 10 years, actually did more to weaken the apparatus of bureaucratic controls and open the door … Continue reading What the Indian Election Means for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India