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Rework India’s investment treaty framework to attract FDI flows

adminMarch 2, 202508 mins

Since its adoption in 2015, India has signed agreements with only five countries—Belarus (2018), Kyrgyzstan (2019), Brazil (2020), the UAE (2024) and Uzbekistan (2024), highlighting challenges in securing BITs with key trade partners and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. Annual FDI inflows have only marginally increased from $60.2 billion in 2016-17 to $70.9 billion…

BITs shouldn’t bite: Time to rework India’s approach to bilateral investment treaties

adminFebruary 24, 202508 mins

The “model BIT” referred to is the one released by the government in 2016 to overhaul India’s approach to BITs. While India had signed over 80 BITs between 1994 to 2011, it terminated 68 of them in 2016-17. Other countries did likewise, as the 1990s model followed globally was widely seen as outdated. India’s reworked…