India

India, officially known as the Republic of India, is located in Southeast Asia. By area it’s the seventh largest country in the world, and is the second most populous, with 1.2 billion residents. It is the world’s most populous democracy.

In 2017, the economy was the seventh largest in the world by nominal GDP, and had the world’s third largest purchasing power parity. India became one of the world’s fastest growing economies following the market-based economic reforms of 1991. Since this period the country has been considered a newly industrialized nation. It is considered a regional power and nuclear weapons state, and the country has the world’s second largest standing army. It ranks fifth in the world in military expenditures.

The country is based on a parliamentary system with 29 states and 7 union territories. As the world’s most populous democracy, the Indian government is a multi-party system, with 7-recognized national parties. Today, Congress and the  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) share parliamentary control. The Constitution of India is the serves as the law of the land; the government abides by Constitutional checks and balances, and the Constitution claims India as a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic. The government is broken down into the legislature, judicial, and executive branches.

According to the  International Monetary Fund (IMF), in 2017 India’s economy was valued at US$2.454 trillion. Emphasis on trade, direct investments, and foreign markets, are among the leading drivers of the Indian economy. Major agricultural production of rice, wheat, cotton, and tea, are also prominently exported from the country. Telecommunications, chemicals, textiles, machinery and software, mining, steel transport, petroleum, food processing, biotechnology, and engineering goods, are among the many areas which the country relies upon, for its economic gains.

The National Law Review covers news, stories, and the latest developments in India, and between Indian and US relations. Trade, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, labor and employment issues, ADCV (anti-dumping and countervailing laws), and news in the area of cybersecurity, technology and data privacy, are among the many stories covered by the National Law Review. Visitors will always find the latest developments, stories, and relevant content about India and international developments with the United States, and other countries around the world.

 

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May
4
2021
India: Party Autonomy Trumps! SC Allows Two Indian Parties to Choose Foreign Seat of Arbitration Nishith Desai Associates
May
4
2021
Taxing Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTS) Nishith Desai Associates
May
3
2021
Restrictions on Travelers from India due to COVID-19 Begin May 4 Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
3
2021
President Biden Issues Proclamation Adding India to COVID-19 Travel Restrictions (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
3
2021
Immigration and Compliance Briefing: India Added to COVID-19 Geographic Travel Ban Wiggin and Dana LLP
May
3
2021
President Biden Signs Presidential Proclamation Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Entering US from India Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
2
2021
Biden Administration Issues Restrictions on Travel From India Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
30
2021
Alert: Travel from India to be Restricted Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
30
2021
US Immigration and COVID-19-Related Travel Considerations: Update on Travel to the United States from India Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
30
2021
Biden Administration to Ban Most Travel from India Mintz
Apr
21
2021
Duties Imposed on Imports of Wind Towers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
20
2021
India: Independent Directors: SEBI Tightens Framework Nishith Desai Associates
Apr
20
2021
The Case of Long and Short Delays: Supreme Court on Limitation Period for Filing Appeals Under the A&C Act Nishith Desai Associates
Apr
13
2021
Bombay High Court: Offenses Under The Trade Marks Act and Copyright Act are Non-Bailable! Nishith Desai Associates
Apr
13
2021
Gift City--New Incentives to Set Up AIF's in India's First International Financial-TEC City Nishith Desai Associates
Apr
6
2021
India: Private Provident Funds Permitted to Invest in Alternative Investment Funds Nishith Desai Associates
Apr
5
2021
India Proposes Phase Out of Single-Use Plastic Items by 2022 Keller and Heckman LLP
Apr
5
2021
USTR Proposes Retaliatory Tariffs on Digital Services Taxes: Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
26
2021
Top International News in Chemical Policy and Regulation March 26 Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Mar
25
2021
AIFS Units Are Now Securities: What are the Legal and Tax Implications? Nishith Desai Associates
Mar
23
2021
India: Time to Re-Think Scope of Appeal in Arbitral Appoinments Nishith Desai Associates
Mar
23
2021
Startup India Seed Fund Scheme - Switching up The Startup Game? Nishith Desai Associates
Mar
23
2021
India: Drone Law 2021: New Regime, Old Problems Nishith Desai Associates
Mar
23
2021
India: Bombay High Court Pronounces Landmark Ruling on Seat of Arbitration Nishith Desai Associates
Mar
22
2021
India: RBI Permits Resident Individuals to Invest Under LRS in Gift City Nishith Desai Associates
Mar
22
2021
India: AICTE Notifies Guidelines for Online and Open and Distance Learning Nishith Desai Associates
Mar
22
2021
India: Impact And Analysis Of The Supreme Court Decision On Characterization And Taxation Of Software Payments Nishith Desai Associates
Mar
8
2021
Impact and Analysis of The Supreme Court Decision on Characterization and Taxation of Software Payments Nishith Desai Associates
Feb
25
2021
India: Equalisation Levy Expansion 2021 – How Does It Affect Marketplaces And Online Platforms? Nishith Desai Associates
Feb
25
2021
India: Exemptions for AIF Investment Committees Nishith Desai Associates
Feb
25
2021
Maps and Geospatial Data in India–Regime Liberalized Nishith Desai Associates
Feb
25
2021
Investment Arbitration and India: 2020 Year in Review Nishith Desai Associates
Feb
4
2021
Biologics Researchers and Suppliers Beware: International Exchange of Non-pathogenic Research Materials Including Common VSV-G Packaging Plasmids May Trigger Export Penalties Wiggin and Dana LLP
Feb
2
2021
India-Amendments to CSR Rules: A Game Changer Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
28
2021
India's Booming FINTECH Set For Self-Regulation Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
28
2021
Crypto Exchange BuyUCoin Database Leaked Robinson & Cole LLP
Jan
22
2021
February 2021 Visa Bulletin – China and India Continue to Slowly Advance (and Predictions for the Future) Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
15
2021
India Consolidates and Codifies Its National-Level Labour Laws Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
15
2021
India Releases Revised Non-Personal Data Framework Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
15
2021
Institution of Eminence Regime – More Autonomy Given, Foreign Campuses Permitted, Online Education Liberalized Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
15
2021
Regulatory Yearly Wrap 2020: Digital Health in India Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
15
2021
Privacy and Data Protection – India Wrap 2020 Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
15
2021
Relaxations for AIFs in GIFT City Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
15
2021
Are Tenant-Landlord Disputes Arbitrable? Supreme Court of India Overturns its Own Judgement  Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
12
2021
Regulatory Yearly Wrap 2020: Medical Device in India Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
11
2021
Regulatory Yearly Wrap 2020: Healthcare in India Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
11
2021
Regulatory Yearly Wrap 2020: Pharmaceuticals In India Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
8
2021
Indian High Court Denies Tax Exemption on Corporate Gift – Holds Share Transfer without ‘Voluntariness’ not Valid Gift Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
8
2021
Valuation of AIFS in India VS Funds in the US Nishith Desai Associates
Jan
8
2021
Cairn V. India - Investment Treaty Arbitration Nishith Desai Associates
 

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