India’s cabinet has approved plans to open its defence and railways industries to foreign investment as new Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing administration moves to reform and revive the ailing economy.
隨著新任總理莫迪的右翼政府推行改革，復甦衰弱的經濟，印度內閣已批准計畫，對外資開放其國防及鐵路產業。
Cabinet agreed late Wednesday to increase the limit on foreign direct investment in defence to 49 percent from 26 percent, and allow unlimited investment in railway infrastructure, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
根據印度新聞信託社，內閣上週三同意提高外人直接投資國防產業之上限，由26%增至49%，並允許無限制投資鐵路基礎建設。
Cabinet approval comes on the eve of US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel’s visit to India to strengthen ties between the two militaries and to drum up defence deals.
內閣在美國國防部長哈格爾到訪印度前夕，批准計畫。哈格爾此行在加強兩國軍方關係並爭取國防交易案。
India, the world’s biggest arms importer, has traditionally relied on Russia but has turned to the United States in more recent years for equipment and other technology.
印度是世界最大武器進口國，傳統仰賴俄羅斯，但近年已轉向美國尋求設備及其他科技。
"The increase in FDI for railways ... will have a positive impact on the economy and growth," said Vishwas Udgirkar, a director of Deloitte India. But investment was not expected to flow overnight, with foreign companies first needing to form joint ventures with India firms before taking cautious steps, he said.
德勤印度的主管烏吉爾卡爾說，「外人直接投資鐵路增加……將對經濟與成長有正面的影響。」但是，投資預料不會一夜之間湧來，他說，謹慎行事前，外資企業首先需要與印度企業合資。
新聞辭典
hike：名詞。增加、上升。例句：The hair salon lost a number of customers after the price hike.（髮廊漲價後流失了一些顧客。）
ailing：形容詞。衰弱、不舒服。例句：They give medicine to the ailing cattle.（他們給生病的牛隻投藥。）
joint venture：名詞。合資企業。例句：A joint venture is a cooperative enterprise entered by two or more companies.（合資企業是兩個或以上的公司加入的合作企業。）
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