OECD-India Investment Roundtable on "Opportunities and Policy Challenges for Investment in India"

New Delhi, India, 19 October 2004

Hosted by the Government of India and supported by the Confederation of Indian Industry, the first OECD-India Investment Roundtable focused on "Opportunities and Policy Challenges for Investment in India". The Roundtable provided an opportunity for policymakers and business representatives from OECD member countries, India and other non-member countries to discuss, inter alia: (i) India’s investment policies: progress and future directions (ii) Sectoral FDI policies: the case of infrastructure and public utilities (iii) The road ahead: investment partnership with India.  This roundtable was held in conjunction with the 2004 Global Forum on International Investment which took place on 20-21 October 2004.

Conference documentation

• Roundtable Summary
• Draft agenda
• Opening Remarks, Richard Hecklinger, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
• India's Investment Policies and Outlook, Umesh Kumar
• Prospects and Challenges for Investment in India, CRISIL Centre for Economic Research
• Regulatory Treatment of FDI in Infrastructure and Public Utilities and Recent Trends: The OECD Experience, Kenneth Davies, OECD

Reference documents

• Trends and Recent Developments in Foreign Direct Investment: 2004 
• Overview of OECD Investment Instruments
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 
• 2004 Report on Implementation of the Guidelines
• 2004 Roundtable on Corporate Responsiblity - Summary of the Discussion
• Public Sector Transparency and the International Investor 
• Checklist for Foreign Direct Investment Incentive Policies 
• FDI for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs
• Policy Brief: The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises - A Key Corporate Responsibility Instrument
  Policy Brief: Attracting Investment to China
• BIAC Business Briefs on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

See also

• National Treatment for Foreign-Controlled Enterprises: 2004 Edition
• OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements: 2004 Edition
• OECD Reviews of Foreign Direct Investment

Conference organisers

OECD

Mr. Mehmet Ögütçü

Head, Non-Members Liaison Group and

OECD Global Forum on International Investment

Investment Division, Directorate for Finance and Enterprise Affairs

E-mail: Mehmet.Ogutcu@oecd.org

Ms. Kaveri Bopiah Liverani

Non-Members Liaison Group and

OECD Global Forum on International Investment

Investment Division, Directorate for Finance and Enterprise Affairs

E-mail: kaveri.bopiah-liverani@oecd.org

India

Mrs. Rashmi S. Sahni
Director

Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Government of India
Tel: +91 11 2301 4218
Fax: +91 11 2301 1034

gfii.india@ub.nic.in

Ms. Aparna Dutt
Director

Confederation of Indian Industry
Tel: +91 124 501 4060-67 / 5014087
Fax: +91 124 501 4080/83
aparna.dutt@ciionline.org