India remains one of the most attractive markets and investment destinations globally according to the document. A majority (32%) of investors ranked India as the most attractive market this year and 60% placed it within the top three. Government initiatives like Make in India and Digital India have influenced investor choices, though awareness of these programs remains low. India received the most foreign direct investment during the first half of 2015, totaling $30 billion. Manufacturing has regained its position as the most favored sector for investment in India. Certain factors that favor investment in India include its large English-speaking workforce, significant cost savings, proximity to emerging markets, and stable business environment. However, some barriers to India becoming a top outsourcing destination are inadequate infrastructure

1. India – a favored destination for Global firms
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India at the top - A leading 32% of the investors ranked India as the most attractive market
this year, while 60% placed the country among the top three investment destinations.

6. Government Initiatives Favoring India
Flagship government programmes such as Make in
India and Digital India & Skill Development have
also influenced investor choices, although
awareness about them remain low. Around 70 % of
businesses already operating in India and 10 % of
international ones were aware of Make in India.
The country received the most FDI during January-
June 2015, pegging it at $30 billion.
In positively influencing India’s attractiveness as an
investment destination, the smart cities project and
growing expenditure on Infrastructure scored the
highest in investor Interest

7. Government Initiatives Favoring India….contd
Definitive conclusion to legislation on land acquisition
In the tax reforms space, the government’s decision to
reduce corporate tax rate from the current 30 % to 25 %
in the next four years
The promise of the goods and services tax being
implemented by 2016 and actions already in hand
Manufacturing has regained its place as the most
favoured sector (62%) India would be among the top
three manufacturers in the world by 2020.
The services sector follows next (42%)

8. Other Factors enabling India Being Preferred Include
• Vast pool of technically qualified, trained and English speaking
population
* Significant cost savings ensuing from evolved and proven models
* Time zone advantages facilitating 24/7 operations (follow-the-sun
schedules)
* Geographical expansion with close proximity to key emerging
Markets, besides being huge emerging market in itself
* Proven project-management experience resulting in better quality and
timely delivery
* Strong intellectual-property management
* Conducive business environment with investor friendly laws and
Stable Government and booming economy

9. A few barriers that pose a serious road block in India’s ambitions of
becoming the most favored outsourcing destination include:
* Inadequate infrastructure (Capital Intensive/State of Art )
* Increasing costs ( Upward revisions in Minimum Wage and
Settlements of Unions )
* Rising attrition
* Lack of recruitment bandwidth to hire and retain
hard-to-find talent skilled in research

10. Certain Interesting Comparisons/ factors that favor India include:
•China has been 85th in terms of economic transformation where India has been ranked
25th by German Bertelsmann Foundation.
•Indian business leaders - as India is having more number of
entrepreneurs as comparing to China
•Indian products were found to be more preferred than Chinese
products.
•On comparing India, China and Malaysia India has fared better in
providing social security like healthcare, education and child welfare to
its people
•For Sun Microsystems, India has overtaken the US and China to
emerge as the largest developer location.
•Indian IT sector has recorded the fastest growth rate in the world in
2008
•In technology and outsourcing services major, India is all set to
threaten China's position as the world's backyard for manufacturing in
the next 3-5 years.
•Indian millionaires will hold more than double the wealth of their
Chinese counterparts. 411,000 Indian households will be worth US$
1.7 trillion in 2017. In contrast, 409,000 Chinese millionaires will be
worth US$ 795.4 billion.

11. 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Passenger
Vehicles
4,44,326 5,08,783 5,59,414 5,96,142 6,21,341 6,53,889
Commercia
l Vehicles
74,043 92,258 80,027 77,050 86,939 1,01,689
Three
Wheelers
2,69,968 3,61,753 3,03,088 3,53,392 4,07,600 4,04,441
Two
Wheelers
15,31,619 19,75,111 19,56,378 20,84,000 24,57,466 24,81,193
Grand
Total
23,19,956 29,37,905 28,98,907 31,10,584 35,73,346 36,41,212
Automobile Export Trends

12. Category
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Passenger
Vehicles
25,01,542 26,29,839 26,65,015 25,03,509 26,01,236 27,89,678
Commercial
Vehicles
6,84,905 8,09,499 7,93,211 6,32,851 6,14,948 6,85,704
Three Wheelers
5,26,024 5,13,281 5,38,290 4,80,085 5,32,626 5,38,092
Two Wheelers
1,17,68,910 1,34,09,150 1,37,97,185 1,48,06,778 1,59,75,561 1,64,55,911
Grand Total 1,54,81,381 1,73,61,769 1,77,93,701 1,84,23,223 1,97,24,371 2,04,69,385
Automobile Domestic Sales Trends

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