India@FDI Magazine
MEDIASCOPE published India@FDI for distribution at AIM, the Arab world’s largest gathering of investors seeking opportunities for large investments in emerging and new markets/ industries.
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Invest India<br />
Deepak Bagla<br />
Managing Director<br />
and CEO,<br />
Invest India<br />
Ensuring<br />
hand-holding<br />
support to<br />
investors<br />
Its team of domain and functional experts provide sectorand<br />
state-specific inputs, and hand-holding support to<br />
investors through the entire investment cycle, from preinvestment<br />
decision-making to after-care. Invest India<br />
officials assist with location identification, expediting<br />
regulatory approvals, facilitating meetings with relevant<br />
government and corporate officials and also provide aftercare<br />
services that include initiating remedial action on problems<br />
faced by investors.<br />
All facilitation and hand-holding support to investors<br />
under the ‘Make in India’ programme is provided by Invest<br />
India. The organisation has been promoted by the Department<br />
of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce<br />
and Industry, state governments and the Federation of Indian<br />
Chambers of Commerce & Industry.<br />
Deepak Bagla, Managing Director and CEO, Invest India,<br />
talks to us about the gamut of service being offered by the<br />
organisation to potential investors in the country. Excerpts<br />
from the interview:<br />
It is the first point of reference for<br />
potential investors, seeking to bring<br />
funds into the country for new<br />
projects. The official investment<br />
promotion and facilitation agency of<br />
the Indian government, Invest India<br />
is mandated to facilitate investments<br />
into the country<br />
Tell us about Invest India. When was it established?<br />
What is the mandate and what kind of role does Invest<br />
India play in facilitating investments into India?<br />
Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and<br />
Facilitation Agency, mandated to facilitate investments into<br />
India. It is envisaged to be the first point of reference for<br />
potential investors. Our experts, guide investors through their<br />
entire investment cycle, providing them both sector- and<br />
state-specific inputs.<br />
We are also the investors’ voice to the central and state<br />
governments to ease the investment process. Invest India’s<br />
team of domain and functional experts provide sector and<br />
state-specific inputs, and hand-holding support to investors<br />
through the entire investment cycle, from pre-investment<br />
decision-making to after-care.<br />
Invest India assists with market strategy, business plan<br />
advisory, location identification; expediting regulatory<br />
approvals; facilitating meetings with relevant government<br />
and corporate officials, and provide services that include<br />
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