Advantages

What India Offers - Competitive Advantages Low-cost, high quality 2nd largest English speaking manpower Resource in the world Investment friendly & Supportive Government policies Adaptability to new technologies Geographical Advantage IPR laws in place World class infrastructure in line with the developed   countries for Power, Transport and Data Communication World's 3rd largest brain bank - Availability of around   2.5 million technical professionals

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	Stable democratic environment in over 50 years of independence
	Large market size with a middle class population of 250-350 million with
	increasing purchasing power reflected by remarkable increase in purchase of
	consumer durables in recent years
	Access to regional international markets through membership of regional integration
	frameworks such as SAARC
	Foreign investment is welcome in almost all sectors barring those of strategic concern like
	defense and atomic energy. Large and diversified infrastructure spread across the country
	Thrust on technology, innovation and knowledge base
	Large manufacturing capability, spanning almost all area of manufacturing activities
	Well developed R&D infrastructure and technical and marketing services
	Large resources of untapped natural wealth
	Promising future in the burgeoning information technology industry
	Developed banking system, commercial banking network of over 63,000 branches,
	supported by a number of national and state level financial institutions
	Developing as one of the largest cost-competitive technical workforce nations
	Conducive foreign investment environment that provides freedom of entry, investment,
	location, choice of technology, import and export
	Acceleration of the privatization process and restructuring of public enterprises
	Current account convertibility, capital account convertibility for foreign investors and
	progressive implementation for Indian residents
	Established and independent judiciary with a hierarchy of courts
	Special investment and tax incentives given for exports in certain sectors such as
	power, electronics, telecom, software, oil & Gas and research and development activities
	Legal protection for Intellectual Property Rights
	Import regime in conformity with WTO commitments - removal of remaining quantitative
	restrictions on imports of goods into India barring certain items on grounds
	of national security, defense and health

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