Indian Energy Scenario

India has a favorable business environment, a good administrative setup, attractive foreign policies,
and an available, abundant skilled workforce as well as provides attractive incentives to investors.
Vibrant democratic setup, broad legal framework, Individual judicial system
Tax advantage for Investors in India
Indian tax landscape had been in the limelight globally due to the landmark ruling of the Supreme
Court in the Vodafone case, followed by retrospective amendments, along with the proposed
General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR).
India had an effective tax credit mechanism, which helped in reducing the overall tax burden\
India is the third-most attractive destination for FDI in the world. Return on Investments are higher
than in any other market.
Competitiveness

Availability of cheap labour

Abundance of highly-skilled labour workforce

Regulatory Environments
Liberal and clear policies on FDI
Sectoral Analysis:
Energy:
More than 78000 MW of additional power generation capacity has been planned in the current
decade, including setting up of 9 ultra mega power projects with power generation capacity of 4000
MW each.
Infrastructure investment in the electricity sector is estimated to grow at CAGR of around 20%
during FY11-FY20 and would account for 4.3% of GDP during FY20.
Government Initiatives:

The Government of India has relaxed in expense ratios for mutual funds and the
prospects of higher FDI limits in insurance sectors could unlock huge opportunities in
these investment sectors.
The Government has allowed Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs) individuals,
groups or associations to invest directly in Indian equities and bond markets.
To encourage the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the Government of
Tamil Nadu (TN) has announced a special component package, which includes
creation of an additional land bank for setting up new industrial estates in the state,
increase in subsidy for machinery purchases and creation of a single window
clearance committee to facilitate speedy approvals for industrial estates, said Ms J
Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (TN).

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) has set up an Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC) as a not-for-profit-trust, to
facilitate non-resident Indians (NRIs), overseas corporate bodies of overseas Indians and
non-resident Indians who want to invest in India.
In order to ease the process for foreign investors to invest in India, OIFC has developed an
online toolkit - Investment Guide to India. The toolkit serves as a simple, practical and stagewise investment guide for the non-resident Indians wanting to invest in India.