Rafale: India, France ink IGA, to sort out financial aspects
Source: PTI India and France on Monday inked an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on the sale of 36 French fighter jets, Rafale, but were unable to sign the final deal due to some “financial” aspects, which are expected to be sorted out in “couple of days”. This agreement was among the 14 pacts signed between the two countries after extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting French President Francois Hollande which focused ways to enhance cooperation in counter- terrorism, security and civil nuclear energy. “...Leaving out financial aspect, India and France have signed Inter-Governmental Agreement on purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets. We expect that even the financial aspects pertaining to purchase of Rafale jets will be resolved as ...
Government approves pact with Armenia for cooperation in farm sector
Source: PTI Government today approved the signing and ratification of an inter-governmental pact between India and Armenia on cooperation in agriculture. "The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for signing and ratification of an Inter-Governmental agreement between India and Armenia, on cooperation in the field of Agriculture," an official statement said. This agreement will promote cooperation through short and medium term programmes, within the framework of the joint activities mentioned in the pact, it said. The Biennial Work Plan will be drawn up by mutual agreement between the two parties to give effect to the objectives of the agreement. It will provide for a Joint Working Group for agricultural cooperation which shall be responsible ...
India, US sign IGA to implement FATCA to promote transparency on tax matters
Source: PIB, Government of India The Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Shaktikanta Das and the US Ambassador to India, Richard R. Verma signed the Inter-Governmental Agreement between India and USA for Improving International Tax Compliance and Implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), in New Delhi on July 09, 2015. Source: PIB, Government of India Shaktikanta Das, Revenue Secretary of India and Richard Verma, U.S. Ambassador to India signed here today , an Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) to promote transparency between the two nations on tax matters. The agreement underscores growing international co-operation to end tax evasion everywhere. The text of the signed agreement will be available ...
