Sovereign risk has also to be adequately covered.In the nineties of last century many foreign and European banks took Exposures on many African countries ,under the notion that companies fail but sovereigns do not.But the govts failed to repay and lenders had a tough task on their hands.This risk has to be reckoned.

1. Kindly include a clause for reciprocal market access for goods and services produced by such investments.
2. Kindly include a clause for optional investment in INR, as opposed to dollars, to reduce the volatility of the rupee.
3. Include a minimum lock-in period for FPIs that is competitive to check hot money
4. Bundle it with a DTAA, a tax fraud prevention mechanism, and a 'Google tax' provision if possible
5. Allow majority stake holing on a bilateral basis in appropriate sectors

Currency risk is the majour bottleneck.If we can work out an agreement with the country to have fixed currency fo say five years,along with a proviso that to balance demand and supply of each other country,both will free labour and services sector.India has plenty of high quality labour and the foreign country can skill people for their requirement.We can also supply manpower needs of their police and armed forces.this will be real demographic dividend.

Bi lateral treaties should be a win win situation to both the countries.Department of commerce / connected offices should do research on the policies of the country with whom we are entering into a treaty & how best we can pursue our interests for export of our Made in India products & investment options for our renowned established companies. what is lacking to day is in dept research in this area by concerned Departments/ offices & a peripheral approach. We should know what we want from them.

Revise Draft Model BIT to give full Protection to Investors

APRIL 07, 2015

By TIOL Edit Team

THE Finance Ministry's decision to seek public comments on long-awaited draft new model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) is both welcome and deplorable.

Welcome because the Draft improves standardization and brings clarity to issues that are currently subject to varied interpretation. The vaguely written aspects are thus.(see details for more information taxindiaonline TIOL EDITORIAL)

Foreign companies create jobs and risks. For example, Chocolate companies cause the risk of Obesity, diabetes and deterioration in human capital. The profits are booked by the company elsewhere while the local government is expected to pay for the healthcare costs. This is similar to Base erosion and profit shifting. Every bilateral treaty should contain a clause that the government will charge the company retrospectively for any risk/problem arising out of their operation in the country.

I humbly put that in Article 11 of the draft, guidelines should be included for insuring that a environment will be maintained where investors will feel like home during their sojourn in India, draft should have provisions for promoting mini India in foreign lands and mini Japan, Mini Russia, Mini France, Mini Germany etc in India as hub of cultural and workforce exchange and as memento of friendly ties. second thing is horizon of agreement should be extended from 10 years to 30 years.

#IndianBilateralInvestmentTreaty Policy should be made in such a way to avoid the vodafone kind of cases where they are allowed to cheat the tax amount. Allowing them to cheat the big amount will become a wrong example to others. People who cheats at low level will try to increase it assuming they could be forgiven. Rules should be strict in these kind of cases.India should be a place for good minded investors.India should not provide safe shelter to the brilliantly planning thieves...

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Dear Sir,
V. Matram,
Overloading by comm. transporters is harming the roads, & such transporters may charged an extra fee to govt. exchequer, instead of them getting illegally extorted by the local police. If commercial overloading is charged/taxed/penalized honestly, it can fetch us
precious revenue. Most of these overloaders (trucks, etc.), bribe the local police, in order to escape legal penalty. This money must be taken as penalty, to the Ministry of Finance (GOI) exchequer