India

Population: 1,147,995,904
GDP (Purchasing power parity): $2.966 trillion
Debt: $149.2 billion
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With Indian diplomats like Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor and former Ambassador to Ethiopia Gurjit Singh giving Africa a higher profile in Delhi, India has agreed to provide $5.4 bn. in concessional finance for African projects. Outbid at most turns by other state-owned Asian companies, ONGC Videsh is still looking to make a big investment in the Gulf of Guinea.

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  • Vol 3 No 4
  • 01/02/2010

RITES not right

The renovation of Tanzania’s dilapidated railways stalls due to a dispute between the government and its Indian partners

  • Vol 3 No 4
  • 01/02/2010

Untoward Indian tillers

A US$40 million concessionary loan from the Indian government is mired in delays, a legal review and accusations of corruption. Moreover, the mix of army-owned enterprises, tied aid and squabbling agents around the deal is raising eyebrows in diplomati...

  • Vol 3 No 4
  • 01/02/2010

Anil Agarwal

Chairman, Vedanta Resources, India

  • Vol 3 No 3
  • 01/01/2010

Deconstructing Chindia

Delhi’s diplomats show how its brand of democracy and business differs from Beijing’s

  • Vol 3 No 3
  • 01/01/2010

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Vice-President, India

  • Vol 3 No 2
  • 01/12/2009

It's not over until it's over

After winning back its oil acreage, South Korea offers pipelines, a power station and negotiations with its commercial rivals

  • Vol 3 No 2
  • 01/12/2009

New men for a new push

A new team of Africa policymakers in Delhi is helping companies and banks to expand their investments on the continent

  • Vol 3 No 2
  • 01/12/2009

Grease for the wheels of friendship

At the India-Africa Hydrocarbon Conference in Delhi on 8 December, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna preached the benefits of 'a close alignment on major international issues and an abundance of socio-political goodwill'. Some 15 African countries...

  • Vol 3 No 1
  • 01/11/2009

An electric strategy

India is launching its own mini-offensive in the electricity sector, following Chinese-style financing and contracting practices. On 29 October, New Delhi announced a new US$263 million credit line to finance two new hydroelectric dams and an urban railwa...

  • Vol 3 No 1
  • 01/11/2009

Rajiv Sawhney

Chief Executive Officer, Essar Communications

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