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European Union & India establish an Investment Facilitation Mechanism

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..... European Union & India establish an Investment Facilitation Mechanism - News and Press Release Dated:- 14-7-2017 - News - European Union (EU) and India today announced the establishment of an Investment Facilitation Mechanism (IFM) for EU Investments in India. The mechanism will allow for a close coordination between the European Union and the Government of India with an aim to promote and faci .....

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..... litate EU investment in India. This agreement builds on the Joint Statement of the 13 th EU-India Summit held in Brussels in March 2016, where the EU had welcomed India's readiness to establish such a mechanism and leaders from both sides had reaffirmed their shared commitment to oppose protectionism and to work in favour of a fair, transparent and rule-based trade and investment environme .....

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..... nt. As part of the IFM, the EU Delegation to India and the Department of Industrial Policy Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce Industry, agreed to hold regular high level meetings to assess and facilitate ease of doing business for EU investors in India. This will include identifying and putting in place solutions to procedural impediments faced by EU companies and investors in establi .....

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..... shing or running their operations in India. Stressing the importance of this initiative, H.E. Mr. Tomasz Koslowski, Ambassador of the European Union to India said, the establishment of the Investment Facilitation Mechanism is a right step in the direction of strengthening the trade and investment ties between the EU and India. The EU is the largest foreign investor in India and this initiative .....

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..... helps ensuring a more robust, effective and predictable business environment for the EU investors. At the last Summit in March 2016, leaders of both sides decided to create a new momentum in our relations. We are delivering on this. DIPP Secretary, Mr. Ramesh Abhishek said Ease of doing business is a fundamental priority of our Government s Make in India Campaign and the establishment of IFM .....

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..... for facilitating EU investments in India is another step to achieve this goal. The IFM has been established with the key objectives of paving the way for identifying and solving problems faced by EU companies and investors with regard to their operations in India. The IFM will cover new investors as well as those already established in India. The IFM is also going to serve as a platform for disc .....

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..... ussing general suggestions from the point of view of EU companies and investors with regard to ease of doing business in India, which I am sure, would boost and encourage the EU investors to avail the investment opportunities available in India Invest India, the official Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of the Government of India, will also be part of the Mechanism. It will create .....

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..... a single-window entry point for EU companies that need assistance for their investments at the central or state level. The DIPP will also facilitate participation of other relevant ministries and authorities on a case-to-case basis. Trade and Investment are key elements of the EU-India Strategic Partnership launched in 2004. Along with being the first trade partner in goods and services, EU is .....

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..... one of the biggest provider of foreign investment in India, with a stock exceeding US$ 81.52 billion (more than 4.4 lakh crores INR) as of March 2017. There are currently more than 6,000 EU companies present in India, providing direct and indirect employment to over 6 million people. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com .....

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