India¡¯s growth over the next few years is likely to be driven by the government¡¯s big infrastructure push.

The construction sector represents almost a 10th of the country¡¯s economy. India is the second-largest producer of cement in the world.

It would seem an odd time, therefore, for a major cement company to abandon the giant country. Yet that¡¯s apparently what Holcim AG of Switzerland, the world¡¯s biggest producer of cement, is planning to do.