APPROVAL OF FOREIGN/ TECHNICAL COLLABORATIONS IN CASE OF EXI

DISCUSSION PAPER

SUBJECT:  APPROVAL OF FOREIGN/ TECHNICAL COLLABORATIONS IN CASE OF EXISTING VENTURES/ TIE-UPS IN INDIA

1.       The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has decided to release Discussion Papers on various aspects related to FDI. In the series of these Discussion Papers, this is the third paper on ‘Approval of foreign/ technical collaborations in case of existing ventures/tie-ups in India’. Views and suggestions are invited on the observations made in the enclosed discussion paper, as also on the entire gamut of issues related to the subject, by October 15, 2010.

2.       The views expressed in this discussion paper should not be construed as the views of the Government. The Department hopes to generate informed discussion on the subject, so as to enable the Government to take an appropriate policy decision at an appropriate time.