The foreign-domestic divide

After years of debate, the focus is back on Indian sensibilities - whether it's about having local data or servers in India or having a differential e-com policy

Nivedita Mookerji 

Nivedita Mookerji

Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal made a point recently about lack of trust between entrepreneurs and bureaucrats in the power corridors of New Delhi. But that’s only a part of the big story that suggests a disconnect between the government machinery (not only in the current regime) and businesses. More so when the business involved is a foreign entity.

And much more so when the business is a successful foreign start-up. To think of it, it’s a love-hate relationship. Meetings with celebrity founders and chief executives are photo-ops that who’s who of the government ...

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First Published: Thu, August 23 2018. 01:12 IST