{"id":191,"date":"2015-01-23T07:01:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T07:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabizforsale.wordpress.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2023-10-20T11:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T11:37:28","slug":"entry-in-india-through-business-opportunities-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indiabizforsale.com\/blog\/entry-in-india-through-business-opportunities-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry in India through Business Opportunities in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Invest in India is the mantra for lot of multinationals since India\u2019s GDP size to cross $3 trillion in five years in 2019. This year India is set to become a $2 trillion economy. Currently India is the tenth largest economy in the world. Improving GDP will make India seventh largest economy in 2019 as per IMF\u2019s latest world economic outlook.<\/p>\n

A sharp increase in M&A activity in India since the new government assumed office in May 2014. 19% increase in value and 12% in volume over 2013, it is a positive trend this year, the activity of M&A has jumped 16.5%. As per a recent study by Thomson Reuters, the value of announced M&A deals involving India businesses reached $26.1 billion during the same period.<\/p>\n

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At $11.1 billion, domestic M&A was up 206.6% over a year ago and average deal size (disclosed values) of $75.2 million vs. last year $63.1 million.\u00a0Healthcare sector<\/a>\u00a0has seen the massive M&A activities with total value of $6.1 billion (23.4% share of M&A).<\/p>\n

A Grant Thornton study indicates energy and natural resources sector has been active this year with 25 deals aggregating $4.1 billion so far. Though\u00a0IT and ITES companies<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0continue to top the charts both in M&A and PE space.<\/p>\n

Competition Commission of India suggested recently that fair trade regulator has seen steady increase in receiving an average of 10 notices a month since May 2014 for seeking approval for M&A deals vs. average 2 notices in 2013.\u00a0 The informal guidance requests by law firms and companies have also increased reflecting the confidence in economy and future growth in India.<\/p>\n

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Technology sector is showing sharp increase in M&A league tables, reflecting a strong focus on services and solutions around Healthcare, IT, Pharmaceuticals, Medical, Biotech and Consumer industries.<\/p>\n

The global businesses are trying to increase their share in India market. This is just a beginning as growth picks; interest rates will go down and more tax clarity will only help to further fuel this kind of activities.<\/p>\n

There is a lot of interest from medium sized global companies to enter into India while acquiring\/ share of local companies. Domestic big companies are also using the market sentiment to further grow their shares of the market via acquiring right fit companies and also diversifying.<\/p>\n

In August, the government announced relaxation in foreign direct investment (FDI) norms in many sectors including multi-brand retail and telecom. There is inherent macro-economic pressure and heavy debt pile for some large domestic companies and which are looking to divest non-core businesses. This has created a large opportunity for global companies vying for a greater role in Indian market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Invest in India is the mantra for lot of multinationals since India\u2019s GDP size to cross $3 trillion in five years in 2019. This year India is set to become a $2 trillion economy. Currently India is the tenth largest economy in the world. Improving GDP will make India seventh largest economy in 2019 as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[119,9,102,118],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t