India could benefit from Chinese law, Ola said

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The founder of one of India’s biggest starters has urged traders in the country to take advantage of the “special opportunity” to win foreign businesses because the regulatory crisis threatens China’s global economy.

Bhavish Aggarwal, chief executive of Ola, a shareholding division at SoftBank, said the launch should announce the right to bring money to India because the Beijing invasion has cost billions of dollars at the cost of China’s largest companies.

“In general, India is a very law-abiding, market-maker, unlike China,” he said. “It is their responsibility to the Indian business community to get involved with them and tell them about their business and the Indian story.

“Advertisers are aware of India’s potential which is different from China’s advantage in its design, but very similar in scale,” he added.

India’s initial revenue growth has grown this year. The companies recorded $ 13.7bn in the third quarter of 2021, up from a high of $ 7.2bn in the three months ending June, according to data provider Tracxn.

Ola’s electric vehicles last week raised $ 200m from investors, including SoftBank and Falcon Edge Capital, a New York hedge fund fund, which commends the company for $ 3bn.

India’s state markets have also been on the 18-month bullfight, sponsored by foreign economic firms in August and September.

The country has been second only to China as a source of revenue but traders expect the rule of law, improved digital settlement and population growth – India is expected to defeat China in the coming years – will change this.

A number of Indian art companies are planning to continue the change by going public in the coming months, including Ola and Oyo, hotel reservations. Aggarwal said the company was “planning” to make a public offering next year but declined to comment.

Ola is planning to file his papers and wants to raise $ 2bn, according to people familiar with the matter.

The company’s shared business has been affected by the epidemic as travel has slowed down significantly by 2020 and this year in India the second violent wave. Aggarwal said the business was recovering from Covid’s pre-existing measures and was profitable.

The hour is fast approaching for the production of electric scooters and is expected to launch its S1 model this month.

India is the world’s largest two-wheeled market, with low-cost, functional models that dominate a market where cars remain scarce for most people. Indian officials have revealed a number of incentives electrical changes on fuel-burning vehicles to deal with the global air pollution problem.

But Aggarwal’s ambitions face a number of challenges. Companies called gig economics such as the food service group Zomato and Ola, who see drivers as self-employed “colleagues” and not co-workers, are forced to continue to fix things.

Essential equipment for electric vehicles, including manufacturing facilities, is not being developed, although Aggarwal said this is following the growing market.

“Proximity building should be managed by market groups. . . With the need for growing consumers, the environment that pays for them will be rebuilt, ”he added. “When we use two cars in particular, we believe the market is consumer and ready to use all electric cars.”