modes by which Investments can be attracted- E.G. Public, Private or PPP

Questions

• india was able to attract massive amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) worth $240 billion in the last 5 years. 2019 budgety.

Despite 19 billion fall India is 7th highest FDI recipient in 2021. India received 64 billion FDI in 2020.

• FDI in Medical Devices Industry (

  

• Issue with Medical Devices Rules 2017 NPPA Regulation

March 2021 PPP/Asset monetization: Government planning to sell/lease assets including roads, Railway wagons, Railway station, electricity transmission, oil and gas pipelines, telecom towers, Jawaharlal Nehru sports stadium. Nature of PPP- 1) Toll operate transfer 2) InvITS 3) Operation and maintenance contract 4) Operation management development agreement (ODMA) Target ₹2.5 lakh crore. NITI tasked to prepare National MONETISATION pipeline

• Chinese FDI
• FDI 2.0 for higher profits to Indians
• Foreign investment of 10 percent or more through eligible instruments made in an Indian listed company would be treated as FDI. Arvind Mayaram Committee

Why India cannot get Chinese departing FDI

• Ease of DOing Business

  63rd in 2020

  

  DPIIT to focus on

  Enforcing contracts(163rd), Resolving Insolvency(52nd), Starting a business(136th), Registering property(154th), Paying taxes(115th) and Trading across borders(68th)

• Threats to pvt investors (Indian Pvt Equity and Venture Capital Associatn to Finance Parl Panel) - Increased frictional costs such as buyback taxes, uncertainty in tax administration, perception of India being unfriendly, slowdown reduced opportunities.

• government owned contractor operated modelGoco model - army initiated the process to identify industry partners to implement Goco model for its workshops and ordnance depot. Goco model was recommendation of shekatkar committee to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence spending, assets are owned by government but operated by private industries who are given full independence to implement missions using their best practices ,private companies need not make investments.

• Greenfield Foreign investment is what India needs and not takeovers

• An important factor that propels investors to invest is that the host state will honour contracts and enforce awards even when it loses it hence builts investors confidence in state's credibility towards rule of law. Bilateral Investment Treaty disputes should not dent the state image.