{"id":282605,"date":"2024-02-14T16:25:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T10:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=282605"},"modified":"2024-02-14T16:25:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T10:55:28","slug":"india-uae-bilateral-investment-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-uae-bilateral-investment-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"India-UAE Bilateral investment Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>-This post on <strong>India-UAE Bilateral investment Treaty<\/strong> is based on the article &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/world-news\/govt-signs-bilateral-investment-treaty-with-uae-to-promote-investments-124021301471_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Govt signs bilateral investment treaty with UAE to promote investments<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; published in &#8220;<strong>Business Standard<\/strong>&#8221; on 13th February 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a significant bilateral investment treaty during Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s two-day visit. Several other key agreements were also signed.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the significance of this Bilateral investment treaty (BIT)?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_282640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282640\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-282640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/India-UAE-Bilateral-Investment-agreement.png?resize=300%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"India-UAE-Bilateral-Investment-agreement\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/India-UAE-Bilateral-Investment-agreement.png?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/India-UAE-Bilateral-Investment-agreement.png?w=762&amp;ssl=1 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Business Standard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1. The goal of the BIT is to enhance investor trust, especially among significant investors. It\u00a0 \u00a0can <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">result in higher levels of foreign investments<\/span> and more <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">opportunities for overseas direct investment (ODI)<\/span><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0It is expected to have a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">positive effect on job creation<\/span> as well.<\/p>\n<p>2. In addition to boosting investments in India, the BIT with the UAE is expected to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">support the goal of Atmanirbhar Bharat<\/span> by promoting domestic manufacturing, reducing reliance on imports, and boosting exports.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the other key agreements signed?<\/h2>\n<p>1.<strong> Digital infrastructure projects<\/strong>&#8211; To establish a framework for broad cooperation, including <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">investment collaboration, in the digital infrastructure sector<\/span>. It also facilitates the exchange of technical knowledge, skills, and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Linkage of payment platforms<\/strong>&#8211; The two countries also agreed to connect <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">India&#8217;s UPI with the UAE&#8217;s AANI instant payments platform<\/span>. Similarly, India&#8217;s RuPay cards will also be linked with the UAE&#8217;s JAYWAN card, built on RuPay&#8217;s technology stack.<\/p>\n<p>3.<strong> India-Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEC) framework agreement<\/strong>&#8211; Both sides also inked an Intergovernmental Framework Agreement on the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-current-affairs-news\/india-middle-east-europe-corridor-explained-pointwise\/#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India-Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEC)<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>a.<\/strong> The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IMEC initiative proposes a sea-land connectivity project connecting India with West Asia <span style=\"color: #333333;\">and<\/span> Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus- International Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on India-UAE Bilateral investment Treaty is based on the article &#8220;Govt signs bilateral investment treaty with UAE to promote investments&#8221; published in &#8220;Business Standard&#8221; on 13th February 2024. Why in the News? Recently, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a significant bilateral investment treaty during Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s two-day visit.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-uae-bilateral-investment-treaty\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India-UAE Bilateral investment Treaty<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-282605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}