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From now on, for Chinese business visas, the concerned departments will have to give feedback to the Home Ministry within 28 days. For some time now, there have been complaints from the industry that India's manufacturing projects are getting delayed.
Now the government has found a solution to this complaint. The Indian government has now set a deadline to streamline the business visa approval process for Chinese technicians. The Union Home Ministry has issued guidelines in this regard. Which will be implemented from August 1. The purpose of which is to provide quick visas to the citizens of China and other countries sharing land border with India.
Under the new rules, once an application for a visa is submitted by a company, it will be sent to security agencies including the Ministry of External Affairs and other related ministries for approval. These departments will have to inform the Ministry of Home Affairs within 28 days whether they have approved or rejected the visa. The validity of this visa will be up to six months. After the new guidelines, it is estimated that the 14 strategic sectors covered under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes will no longer face challenges. This will reduce. The PLI scheme has been announced by the government to promote manufacturing in India. Sectors like mobile phones, drones, white goods, telecom, textiles, automobiles and pharma come under this scheme. Delay in visa approval affects the functioning of these sectors. Sectors like solar modules, special steel, white goods and electronics are particularly affected.
Earlier, the Home Ministry had implemented a standard operating procedure to streamline the visa process for Indian businesses under the PLI scheme.
New guidelines for visa
* Even if the companies are not PLI beneficiaries, companies investing in the 14 sectors covered under the PLI scheme will also benefit from the revised visa rules.
* New online visa system implemented from August 1
*This rule applies to citizens of countries sharing land border with India
* Even if the companies are not PLI beneficiaries, companies investing in the 14 sectors covered under the PLI scheme will also benefit from the revised visa rules.
