12 hours ago

What AI Actually Changes for Investment Promotion

By pritam.parashar

7 Min Read

08October

What three IPAs, and the evidence so far, suggest about where the real change lies Over the last few years, AI has started to change the daily work of many industries, and investment promotion is no exception. In my experience, a typical FDI professional once spent roughly half their time on groundwork: building, cleaning and maintaining contact databases, then shortlisting companies by reviewing...

1 day ago

Potential Opens Doors. Ecosystems Decide.

By pritam.parashar

5 Min Read

07October

What the Netherlands, Singapore, and the UK suggest about how countries compete for strategic investment, and what India’s semiconductor push is testing. When a country seeks to attract or deepen its relationship with an enterprise like ASML, is it competing for an isolated investment project, or for a long-term ecosystem capability? On 16 May 2026, Tata Electronics and ASML signed a Memorandum...

4 months ago

India Investment Outlook 2026: Opportunity, Trade-offs and Execution

By pritam.parashar

17 Min Read

25June

For an international company looking at India today, the most useful question is no longer simply, “Should we invest in India?” The more relevant question is: “Where does India make strategic sense for us?” India has become increasingly relevant to global investors because of its scale, expanding manufacturing capabilities, supply-chain diversification and growing integration with international...

4 months ago

India–UK Economic Complementarity

By pritam.parashar

8 Min Read

28May

Having worked on an India-UK complementarity study sometime in 2010-11, I recently came across the India UK Vision 2035 document. The economic relationship between India and the United Kingdom has undergone a profound structural shift over the last two decades, and I am writing this post to reflect on it. While early diplomatic interactions primarily focused on addressing capital deficiencies and...

8 months ago

A Trade Bridge, Not the Destination

By pritam.parashar

4 Min Read

13February

A careful beginning India and the United States have announced a framework for an interim trade agreement. It’s a first step that could, over time, lead to a free trade deal. The framework focuses on a few practical goals: lowering selected tariffs, improving market access, and reducing long-standing frictions. India will cut or remove tariffs on several U.S. industrial goods and some food and...

8 months ago

Mother of All Deals? Reading the EU–India FTA in a Less Optimistic Trade Environment

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29January

Trump-era tariff rhetoric and renewed geopolitical friction have made global trade feel less optimistic than it has in a long time. It’s increasingly difficult to see positive developments that signal stability or long-term cooperation. In that climate, when Ursula von der Leyen announced the signing of a free trade agreement between the European Union and India — calling it the “mother of all...

10 months ago

Consultancy Reports in the FDI Decision Process

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19December

And how to read them without overestimating—or underusing—their influence The trigger for this blog post came from a conversation last month with a PhD student working on a thesis on foreign direct investment. During the interview, he asked a question that was simple on the surface but difficult to answer cleanly: what role do consultancy reports actually play in FDI decisions? Not policy. Not...

10 months ago

Strategic Localisation for India’s Auto Sector: A Practical View for Tier-2 and Tier-3 Suppliers

By pritam.parashar

5 Min Read

28November

Why localisation looks different for Tier-2 and Tier-3 automotive suppliers Recently, a conversation with a specialised firm supporting international automotive suppliers in new markets prompted an interesting question at InsightKraft: what does localisation really mean for Tier-2 and Tier-3 suppliers entering India? India is an important market for global automotive suppliers due to rapid growth...

11 months ago

Is the AI Boom a Bubble — or the Start of a Global Economic Reset?

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17November

A Moment of Excitement and Unease Public excitement around artificial intelligence has grown rapidly. New models appear every few months. Companies feel pressure to declare themselves “AI-ready”. Investors chase deals at historic speed. At the same time, conversations continue in policy circles, boardrooms and research institutes: are we living through an AI bubble? The short answer is that parts...

12 months ago

Exploring the Complexity Behind Cross-Border Invoicing

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13October

Compliance, technology, and partnerships are reshaping how global businesses get paid. The Simplicity Illusion: When “Click, Fill, Send” Isn’t Enough Last week, I tested a new invoicing platform. The interface was simple, almost beautiful — click, fill, send. But when I imagined using it for a client in Italy, everything changed. Suddenly, there were rules about FatturaPA, XML files, and real...