Greenfield (India V. Germany)

India’s economy is booming! With large decreases in poverty, increases in literacy and GDP, India is continuing to make its way out of the third world and into the first. India is predicted to surpass even China in growth by 2050. A competitive private capital market has instilled Indians with a low cost high quality mentality and has resulted in some of the highest return rates for any country. India has been averaging 6% growth compared to China’s 9.5% with half the investments. India capital efficiency is one of its strongest economic benefits.

There are many opportunities available for companies willing to venture into new, international markets. Reaching more customers and therefore, turning a larger profit are two fairly obvious reasons for companies to consider global expansion. However, the potential benefits do no end there. Expanding to international markets can hold less obvious, yet extremely beneficial appeals such as access to new and different talent pools, grander output requires great advances in efficiency, and international expansion can, in some cases, aid in “future proofing” the company.

India has emerged as a trading superpower and as an increasing magnet for FDI.  Its role in the international economy to this point has been less remarked than the rise and dominance of China but increasingly India will be appreciated for the opportunities it is creating for its citizens, employers and foreign and domestic firms.

Several growth factors contribute to India’s burgeoning national and global economic presence. Having the largest population of youth on the planet means that India’s workforce is surging, especially in the areas of agriculture and manufacturing. The nation’s growth in production, income, and education leads to a rising middle class consumer base. Finally, the growth of India’s economy is facilitated by political leadership changes and government initiatives that favor an open economy and global competition.

One can get the measure of India’s resurgent economy from the fact that the world GDP growth is around 4 per cent. For advanced countries, the growth rate is around 3.5 per cent, while India is maintaining its GDP growth

It should be understood that the 1991 economic reforms were not wholly a knee jerk reaction to the economic crisis that shook India in the same

That is why fdi (foreign direct investment) show huge growth with the last decade. Many foreign companeis (pepsico, nokia, walmart, general electrical etc) and bank (citi bank, standard chartered, abn amro etc) are entering in India day by day however many more is to come. |

250 million buyers have flooded the Indian market. Tax Policy is moderate and employment laws are proemployee with slow reforms. The trade barriers are very low and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is

India remains the third most attractive destination for FDI, after China and the United States of America, for 2013-2015, according to a survey of global companies conducted by UNCTAD. Foreign Direct Investment in India has increased from $ 1,04,411 in year 2000-2001 to $ 6,96,011 in 2011- 2012. The distribution of FDI inflow is concentrated to some sectors. Services , Construction, Communication, Drugs and Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Automobile Industry etc. are among the leading sectors which bag major share of FDI inflows. (Figure 2.1)

Existing studies reveals that the huge surge in international capital flows since early 1990s has created unprecedented opportunities for the developing countries like India to achieve accelerated economic growth. International financial institutions routinely advise developing countries to adopt policy regimes that encourage capital inflows. Since the introduction of the reform process in the early 1990s, India has witnessed a significant increase in capital inflows. The size of net capital inflows to India increased from US $ 7.1 billion in 1990-91 to US $ 108.0 billion in 2007-08. Today, India has one of the highest net capital inflows among the EMEs of Asia. Capital inflows, however, not an unmitigated

FDI in Services In 2000, share of FDI in services to total FDI inflows in India was just 1.8% and afterwards it grew steadily to reach a record all-time high of 34.7% during 2006 but declined afterwards. Of the cumulative FDI in services during 2000-2010, financial services accounted for bulk of the inflows (41.7%) followed by banking services (9.6%), and both non-financial services and R&D sharing 9.5% each (Table 1). Share of financial services,

In 1991 the government introduced liberalization due to which GDP of India has risen rapidly. There was reduction in tariffs and interest rates which in turn increased the foreign direct investment in many sectors. For a period from 2003 to 2007 India enjoyed high growth rates averaging

a) With taking many of the economic reform program the Indian economy expanded at an annual rate of about 6.1 percent from 1994 to 2004 and foreign direct investments was attractive for foreign companies thought the Indian economy was jumped from $150 million in 1991 to $4.3 billion in 2003.

The Indian economy is the second fastest major growing economy in the whole world with the growing rate of the GDP at 9.4% in 2006- 2007. The economy of India is the twelfth biggest in the world for it has the GDP of US$ 1.09 trillion in 2007.

The government has been opening up various sectors and privatize some sectors (telecom, aviation, insurance and energy). This shows its positive attitude to FDI inflows, Retailing has already been looked at as a prospective area for FDI. The Government is also promoting investment in supply chains and infrastructure like real estate through FDI to facilitate retail growth.