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9. GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND A HELPING HAND:

  • $12 billion Highways Development Programme. Over 13,000 Kms of Highways being developed.
  • The Electricity Act, 2003 in place to facilitate reforms in power sector. Permits trading in electricity, captive generation freed from prior approval.
  • Upgradation of airports at New Delhi and Mumbai.
  • ‘Sagar Mala,’ a major programme aimed at developing ports and shipping sector at an estimated investment of $22 billion.
  • Major advances in telecommunications sector. Bandwidths of terabit available. Sharp decline in telecommunications costs.
  • Foreign Investment Implementation Authority helps solve foreign investors' problems. It meets periodically with investors to sort out operational difficulties and facilitates implementation.
  • An Empowered Sub-Committee of the National Development Council set up on creating an investor friendly climate and removing regulatory barriers to investments.
  • Modernisation of legislations on intellectual property. All IPR Laws are TRIPS compliant. Intellectual Property Appellate Tribunal functional.
  • Simplification and re-engineering of work procedures.
  • More information on www.ipindia.com
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