davos india may not be the theme at the world economic forum this year but it is still india everywhere as far as interest from investors is concernedfor starters new york stock exchange which recently acquired a 5 stake in national stock exchange expressed a desire to raise its holding in indias largest bourse to 20then there is swiss cement major holcim which is looking to expand its presence in the country by 40 by adding another 10 million tonne manufacturing capacity to its existing 25 million tonnescocacola is following in the footsteps of rival pepsico and intends to launch fruit juices coke ceo has told us that they want to invest in rural areas besides setting up a university for retailers to help our kirana stores cope better with competition from retailers said commerce industry minister kamal nathand the retail rush continues unabated with tupperware carrefour metro ag and electronics chain bestbuy telling government officials about their intention to either set up shop or expand their presencethe sudden interest in organised retailing has also prompted the likes of unilever to chalk out plans for expanding food processing activities in india in a bid to occupy more shelf space in new stores agility a west asian logistics company plans to set up cold chains and private container terminals to cater to the needs of retailersthe interest is not confined to investing alone but extends to indian companies as well ranbaxys interest in acquiring german pharma major mercks generics or offpatent medicines business estimated at 5 billion received a fillip with private equity funds and bankers queueing up to finance the bid a large number of banks and pe funds have offered to write a cheque for the entire bid amount now its up to us to decide said ranbaxy chief executive malvinder mohan singhbut along with the interest there are a host of liberalisation moves that global business chiefs are pitching fornyse chief john thain who on friday identified india and china as focus countries for presence in asia is learnt to have cited the sebiimposed 5 cap on holdings by an entity in a local stock exchange as a hurdle to raising the stake in nse nyse officials have however said that it was not interested in managing the affairs at nse but was looking at higher stakes as a strategic investorwith indian stock markets booming global players are eyeing a share of the pie nyse private equity firm general atlantic goldman sachs and japans softbank asian infrastructure fund recently bought 5 each in nse others like nasdaq and some european exchanges are keen on buying a stake in bse