Manan Vatsyayana
Indian pedestrians stand by a Vodafone store in New Delhi in 2010. India's finance minister has defended the country as an investment destination after the US said new tax proposals had "dampened" investor enthusiasm for the growing Asian giant. British mobile phone giant Vodafone faces a $2.2-billion tax bill over its 2007 purchase of the Indian unit of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa.
