India’s business environment is very tough, says Japanese lobby

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There has been an 80 percent increase in India's scientific research output since 2000, a news study revealed Tuesday, forecasting that the country will overtake all other countries between 2015 to 2020. The study carried out by British firm Thomson Reuters that owns the news agency Reuters was released in Delhi Tuesday.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's business with Sweden is booming and bilateral trade is likely to double to $5 billion in five years, according to a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Bilateral trade expanded almost four-fold between 2002-03 and 2007-08 to stand at $2.7 billion.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's per capita green house gas (GHG) emission, the main cause of global warming, continues to be less than the global average and even in 2031 it will be below the world average of 2005, the environment and forest ministry asserted Wednesday. As per the estimates of the five different studies, Indias per capita GHG emissions in 2030-31 would be between 2.77 tonnes and five tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).

August 21st, 2009 On the Call: Intuit CEO Brad SmithNEW YORK — The coming fiscal year is going to be just as challenging as the one that Intuit Inc. completed, President and CEO Brad Smith toll investors and Wall Street analysts Thursday.

August 18th, 2009 GORAKHPUR - Japanese Encephalitis has claimed eight lives in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district. According to officials at the BRD Medical College Hospital, these deaths were reported in the last three days, taking the toll since January to 160.

August 14th, 2009 GORAKHPUR - Japanese Encephalitis has claimed four lives in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district. According to health officials, these deaths were reported in the last two days, taking the toll since January to 152.

August 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - Non-life insurer Cholamandalam MS General Insurance (Chola MS), a joint venture between city-based Murugappa Group and Japan's Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, Tuesday said it will continue targeting Korean and Japanese firms operating in India for selling its products. "Our strategy in India will be to expand the retail business, bring the technical knowhow in risk management from Japan to the country and train Chola MS employees in Japan and Singapore," Toshiaki Egashira, president and chief executive of Mistsui Sumitomo Insurance, told reporters here.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The World Bank representatives on Tuesday observed that it is easier to do business in India at present, than it was three years ago. The observation was made in a report 'Doing A Business in India 2009' that was released here in New Delhi.

June 12th, 2009 Gadhafi meets with Italian business leadersROME — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has met with business leaders during a visit to Italy that has sparked protests. Gadhafi held talks Friday with the powerful business lobby Confindustria on trade and possible investments between the two countries.

June 1st, 2009 Japan lobby head expresses hopes for GM comebackTOKYO — The head of Japan's biggest business lobby said Monday he was worried that General Motor's imminent bankruptcy might hurt Japanese suppliers, but remained hopeful GM would emerge quickly from the restructuring. Separately, government officials said they were ready to step in with any needed help for Japanese suppliers and sought to calm fears in a nation where the auto industry makes up a large part of the economy.

May 20th, 2009 JAMMU - India and Pakistan should take steps to augment the cross-border trade between the two countries in Jammu and Kashmir, an industry lobby said Wednesday. Though the trade across the Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border in the state - is picking up, there was 'an urgent need to redress the long identified problems', Ram Sahai, president of the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries, told the media.

May 1st, 2009 Japan wary of Chrysler fallout on parts makersTOKYO — Japan's trade and economy minister said Friday that the government is watching for possible fallout from Chrysler's bankruptcy caused by damage to Japanese parts makers. "We must take appropriate measures if they are being hurt," Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai told reporters.

April 10th, 2009 BANGALORE - People associated with textile industry received tips to fight recession from a Japanese company at a seminar held in Bangalore. The industrial sewing giant from Japan, Juki, has set up its Indian head quarter in Bangalore.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre in Hyderabad has won the 2009 international Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Awards in the NGO category, a CII spokesman said here Monday. The award will be presented at a ceremony on March 27, 2009 in Aspen, Colorado.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Japanese companies should look at more trade opportunities in India and its tertiary industries as India has opened up sectors like finance, retail and applied research industries , said Dr. Masanori Kondo, Senior Associate Professor of Economics, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan at Seminar on "Japanese Business in India: Strengthening Ties"; organised here today by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).