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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Home Affairs
Instructions issued for strict adherence to revised procedure for
grant of Conference Visa
New Delhi: February 18, 2010

The Ministry of Home Affairs has recently issued instructions to  all
Central Ministries / Departments and Chief Secretaries of all State
Governments/UTs advising them to strictly adhere to the revised
procedure for grant of Conference Visa to foreign participants coming
to India for attending international conferences, seminars, workshops
etc.  The detailed guidelines in this regard were earlier put in place
on 15th July, 2009. These instructions have been issued so as to
ensure that all organizers of such international events strictly
adhere to the time line for submitting their proposals to this
Ministry at least six weeks before the commencement of the event. This
would ensure that security clearance for the event  and for the
participants could be suitably assessed.  The issuance of these
instructions had also become necessary because security vetting is a
time-consuming process and most of the organizers of international
events were not strictly adhering to the time schedules prescribed.

2.         As per the revised procedure, while the Ministry of Home
Affairs (Foreigners Division) grants in-principle approval for holding
the event, security clearance for grant of Conference Visa is required
from this Ministry only in respect of participants from Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, China, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & Sudan and in
respect of foreigners of Pak origin and Stateless persons.  The
participants from other countries can obtain Conference Visa from the
Indian Mission concerned on production of (i) invitation letter from
the organizer, (ii) event clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs,
(iii) administrative approval of the nodal Ministry, (iv) political
clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs and (v) clearance from
the State Government/UT concerned.

ok/pkm/dk/kol/16:39 hrs.

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Result of written part of Tax Assistant (Central Excise & Income Tax)
exam 2009 announced
New Delhi: February 18, 2010

The Staff Selection Commission  has announced result of the written
part of the Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise), 2009 held in
December 2009 on all India basis except Andhra Pradesh and one venue
at Allahabad where the scheduled examination was held in February
2010. 2152 candidates have qualified in the written part of the said
recruitment to the post of Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central
Excise).

The list of candidates qualifying for the skill test from Andhra
Pradesh and one venue at Allahabad will be published on the
Commission's website in due course.  Details are available on the
website www.ssc.nic.in. Marks secured by the candidates who have not
qualified for the skill test will be available on the website shortly.

sbs/sr/dk/kol/16:39 hrs.


Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
India-Latvia sign bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
New Delhi: February 18, 2010

A Bilateral Investment Promotion & Protection Agreement (BIPA),
between the Republic of India and Republic of Latvia, was signed here
today, by Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
and Mr. Artis Kampars, Latvian Minister of Economics.
The Agreement aims at enhancing Bilateral Investment and Technology
flows between the two countries, by creating favourable conditions for
investors.  These include: (i) a mutually acceptable definition of
'investment'; (ii) national treatment to investments on a
post-establishment basis; (iii) most favoured national treatment to
investments and investors on a post-establishment basis; (iv)
protection against expropriation, except for a public purpose and
against payment of a fair & equitable compensation; and (v) full
repatriability of investment and returns.
The Agreement provides for an elaborate dispute resolution mechanism
to settle   disputes relating to investments between an investor and
the host Government. The dispute resolution mechanism includes
recourse to negotiations, domestic dispute resolution mechanism and
international arbitration.
The Agreement shall remain in force for a period of ten years and
thereafter, it shall be deemed to have been automatically extended,
unless either country gives to the other country, a written notice of
its intention to terminate the Agreement.
It is hoped that the Agreement would serve as a catalyst in boosting
investment flows between the two countries.

rj/mrs/dk/kol/16:40 hrs.

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Jyotiraditya Scindia meets Israel President – discusses possibilities
of developing further cooperation
New Delhi: February 18, 2010

Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce &
Industry presently on a two day (16-18 February) visit to Israel,
called on President Shimon Peres and discussed various aspects of
India-Israel bilateral cooperation.   Shri Scindia stated that the
proposed free trade agreement between India and Israel is expected to
give a major boost to trade and economic cooperation.  Shri Scindia
also discussed possibilities of developing further cooperation in high
tech areas including IT, Bio-technology, and Nano technology to take
advantage of mutual core competencies.  The two sides also exchanged
views on the global challenge posed by terrorism and ongoing
cooperation between the two countries in the area of homeland
security.  Both the leaders agreed to emphasise on cooperation in the
application of science & technology particularly in areas related to
agriculture and water management.
Later, Shri Scindia met Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade & Labour
Mr. Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.  The Minister underlined the fact that R&D
constitutes a fundamental basis for core competence in multiple
industrial areas for both countries. Shri Scindia proposed that a
practical step to enhance high tech cooperation would be to set up a
Government to Government joint technology incubator initiative in
India with representation from both sides including the private
sector.
He also met leading Israeli industrialists to discuss promotion of
trade and commerce between the two countries and delivered a Keynote
Address on "Indian Economy in the Next Decade – an Engine for Growth"
at a seminar jointly organised by the Israeli Export and International
Cooperation Institute and the Embassy of India.
The bilateral trade figure for the last fiscal (2008-09) was US $ 3.55
billion with exports from India amounting to US $ 1.5 and imports to
India amounting to US$ 2.09 billion.  Bilateral trade increased at a
compound annual growth rate of 15 percent over the last five years.

rj/mrs/dk/kol/16:40 hrs.

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Palash Biswas
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