FOREWORDBilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (Bipa) • June 8th, 2011
Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPA) with various countries was initiated following the liberalization of the foreign investment regime in 1991 as part of the economic reform programme. Government of India have so far signed BIPAs with forty two countries. Agreements have been finalized or are under negotiation with a number of other countries.
Policy BriefBilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (Bipa) • January 2nd, 2014
On December 12, 2013, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement (BIPA) in New Delhi. The agreement was signed by Namo Narain Meena, India’s Minister of State for Finance and Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, UAE’s Minister of State for Financial Affairs. With the signing of this BIPA, the total number of India’s bilateral investment protection agreements now stands at 84.
