In the next three months India will hold a general election. It will be a defining moment for the country at a time of growing economic challenges. The frontrunner in the race to be prime minister is Narendra Modi, the controversial leader of India’s Hindu nationalist opposition. Much of the international discussion about Mr Modi currently focuses on his reputation as a Hindu nationalist and his alleged complicity in past anti-Muslim violence. But if he wins power, the world’s business leaders will be asking another question about him: can he reverse India’s notoriously aggressive tax treatment of foreign companies?
印度將在未來3個月內舉行大選。對於經濟上面臨嚴峻挑戰的印度而言，這將是一個決定性時刻。角逐總理一職的熱門人選是納倫德拉•莫迪(Narendra Modi)，他領導著持民族主義立場的反對黨——印度人民黨。目前，外界對莫迪的關注主要集中在他民族主義傾向上，以及他是否曾在過去參與過反穆斯林暴力活動。但如果他掌權，全球商業領袖還會問另外一個問題：他會不會改革印度對外企出了名的嚴厲課稅制度？