RFP FOR SELECTION OF AGENCY/ INSTITUTE FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY OF SCHEME FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION (SIP)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR SELECTION OF AGENCY/ INSTITUTE FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY OF SCHEME FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION (SIP)

1. Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry has been entrusted with the task of attracting domestic and foreign investments in the country. To increase the investment inflow, the department has been undertaking various initiatives and reforms such as the launching of Make in India, supporting champion sectors and subsectors, setting up of an Empowered Group of Secretaries and Project Development Cells, creating a GIS based Industrial Information System and National Investment Clearance Cell amongst others. These activities are being supported under the “Scheme for Investment Promotion" launched on November 11th, 2008.

2. Output-outcome indicators for the Scheme indicates that it has been largely effective in fulfilling the stated objectives and targets for the creation of a conducive business environment for investments. The trends in FDI inflows during the said period, consistent improvement in the EODB ranking and the implementation of the Make in India action plans are all indicative of this fact.

3. Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT), inter alia is entrusted with the task of formulation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy, monitoring of Ease of Doing Business reforms and Investment Promotion and Facilitation activities. Investment Promotion is being carried out as an activity.

4. Investment Promotion is multidimensional and complex process which requires continuous efforts to be channelized around Ease of Doing Business, FDI reforms, skill development, infrastructure creation and fiscal incentives. All these activities have been brought into focus after launch of Make in India initiative by the Government in September, 2014 to make India the most preferred investment destination.

5. The Government has put in place a comprehensive FDI policy regime by bringing more activities under the automatic route, increasing sectoral caps and easing conditionality. In addition to this, a number of measures have been undertaken to ease the business environment of the country. Various State and Central Government services are being integrated on a single window e-biz portal.

6. The Government has been taking various initiatives to promote manufacturing with the key objective of improving competitiveness of the private and public sector firms operating in the country, facilitating their integration into the global value chains and enabling them to better compete in global markets.

7. To sustain and take the momentum forward, it is important to continue with the activities under "Scheme for Investment Promotion" in a more focused and targeted manner, promoting Make in India and AatmNirbhar Bharat. The Central Government has approved for continuation of the Scheme for Investment Promotion (SIP), a Central Sector scheme, for the duration of five years (i.e., FY 2021- 22 to 2025-26) with a financial outlay of INR 970 crore. The salient features of the project, eligibility criteria and prescribed formats for submission can be accessed in the RFP document uploaded on the website: http://gem.gov.in/ and https://dpiit.gov.in/.

8 Interested applicants are requested to submit their responses to the "RFP" on Government E Marketplace http://gem.gov.in/on  or before 27th June 2024 at 06:00 PM. The submissions must be addressed to: Director (Investment Promotion Section), email: mamta.mahi@nic.in ; &be3-dipp@gov.in . Department 4 | P a g e for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi-110011