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Make in Maharashtra, Fadnavis tells US businesses
New York: Joining a stream of investment-seeking Indian leaders to the US, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told business leaders here that when they Make it in India it should be in his state and pitched its competitive edge.
Speaking with American industry executives at a meeting of the US-India Business Council (USBC) here on Monday, Fadnavis said: “The government has taken a variety of measures to promote ease of doing business in the state and we want to be viewed as a top destination for both domestic as well as international investments.”
He received an endorsement from the USIBC president Mukesh Aghi, who said, “The Council’s member companies have been encouraged by the ease of doing business in Maharashtra.”
“Our government”, Fadnavis said, “is committed to providing a boost to both ‘Make in India’ and ‘Make in Maharashtra’ campaigns, provide business to both medium and small enterprises and create much-needed jobs.”
He identified Delhi-Mumbai Industrial corridor and Smart Cities among the critical projects that the state was promoting for joint ventures. He also invited investments in manufacturing, agriculture, aviation, engineering and information technology.
Fadnavis began his investment safari just after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley wound up last week a ten-day tour of the US meeting with US business and financial leaders to promote India as an investment destination. They are trying to take advantage of the momentum in foreign direct investment heading to India after the BJP was elected to power. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported last week that foreign direct investment in India rose by 22 percent last year to 34 billion.
Fadnavis said that the state had taken several reforms in regulations to make doing business in Maharashtra competitive. Backing him Aghi said, “I have no hesitation in saying that the state has the potential to emerge as a high ranking state on the ease of doing business index.”
“The infrastructure, a mature workforce, a series of business friendly administrations over the last few decades makes it an attractive FDI destination,” said Ashok Vasudevan, chairman of Preferred Brands International, the manufacturer of the Tasty Bite natural foods brand.
“The state is remarkably resilient due to its diversified base of industry that includes energy, agriculture, food processing, entertainment, engineering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and financial services,” he added.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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