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AMCHAM India takes up issues and concerns that impact American business in India. Operational challenges faced by U.S. companies are regularly addressed to ministries and departments of both the government of India and the U.S. government.

The communication to the government is spearheaded by AMCHAM committees and representations are made after extensive consultation with member companies. Copies of AMCHAM’s formal communication to the government can be viewed here.

Communication to Government

AMCHAM India has compiled and submitted proposals for the Union Budget 2020-21to the Ministry of Finance in November 2019. The
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After months of deliberations, research and meetings, AMCHAM along with FTI Consulting has created a White Paper prepared for the
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AMCHAM Defense Committee submitted a recommendation on Refurbishing Indian Defence Offsets and Enabling “Make in India” on 21st october 2019
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AMCHAM submission on the draft national e-commerce policy on 29th March 2019, to Mr. Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary, Department for Promotion
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On 31st January, AMCHAM India sent a submission on the Draft Amendment to the Intermediary Guidelines to Mr. Ajay Prakash
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On 18 December, AMCHAM India had submitted inputs on GST Provisions, to the Commissioner – GST Policy Wing,  CBDT, Mr. Upender
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On 14th December, AMCHAM submitted suggestions for inclusions under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 – the 2% CSR
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On 14th December, AMCHAM submitted suggestions, a Pre-Budget Memorandum: 2019-2020 was sent to the Hon’ble Finance Minister , Mr. Arun
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On 6th December, AMCHAM submitted views on intermediary services in the ITeS sector under GST Act 2017 based on inputs
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On 10th October, AMCHAM submitted a response to the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2018 to the Ministry of Electronics
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The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Ms. Mamta Banerjee, laid the foundation stone at the Bengal Silicon Valley IT Hub
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AMCHAM submitted recommendations on the Draft  National Digital Communications Policy 2018 to the Department of Telecommunications on June 1st, 2018.
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AMCHAM’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee presented the Pre-Budget Memorandum 2018-19 to the Chairman, CBDT, and his team in
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AMCHAM’s ICT Committee submitted recommendations relating to the U.S. Companies’ Role in Public Procurement for Cybersecurity Products and Solutions to
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AMCHAM’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee sent a representation to Mr. Hasmukh Adhia, Secretary, Department of Revenue, on the
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AMCHAM’s ICT Committee submitted recommendations relating to the IT industry to Mr. Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information
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AMCHAM’s ICT Committee submitted suggestions on the 2018 National Telecom Policy to Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications.Read MoreLetter
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AMCHAM’s Infrastructure and Smart Cities Committee submitted the AMCHAM Ganga Action Plan — an end-to-end solution by member companies —
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AMCHAM’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee made a representation to Mr. Sushil Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes,
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AMCHAM Representation on Goods and Services Tax w.r.t. Anti-ProfiteeringAMCHAM’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee made a representation on GST
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AMCHAM’s Agriculture and Food Processing Committee Representation to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers WelfareAMCHAM’s Representation to the Ministry of
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AMCHAM’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee made a representation to the Finance Minister, Revenue Secretary, and Chairman, CBEC.AMCHAM Representation
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AmCham-AdvaMed provided comments on the new medical device rules to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) on 29th December
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AmCham’s Defense Committee made recommendations to Mr. Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister, GOI, on the Strategic Partnership clause of DPP on
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Pre-budget proposals on direct and indirect taxes were submitted by AmCham’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee to the Ministry of
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AmCham and AdvaMed jointly submitted recommendations on Medical Devices Rule vide Gazette Notification 983(E) to the Ministry of Health & Family
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AmCham recommendations on key issues affecting the Information Technology service sector under model GST Tax Law by the Ministry of
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AmCham’s Medical Devices Committee  submitted pre-budget recommendations for the medical devices sector to Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) on 10th November 2016. (This
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AmCham submitted recommendations on issues concerning the medical devices industry to Prof. Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Directorate General Health Services (DGHS)
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AmCham jointly with AdvaMed had submitted comments on Draft Medical Devices Rules to  the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
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AmCham’s Agriculture and Food Processing Committee submitted comments on the Licensing Guidelines and Formats for GM Technology Agreements to Mr. Shobhana
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These recommendations were submitted by AmCham’s Defense Committee to the Vivek Rae Committee on 16th August 2016.Read MoreAmCham Recommended MoD Procurement Organisation

These recommendations were submitted by AmCham’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee to Mr. Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, GOI on
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These recommendations were submitted by AmCham’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee to Mr. Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, GOI on
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These recommendations were submitted by AmCham Pharma Committee to Drugs Controller General India (DCGI) on 26th April 2016.

These recommendations were submitted by AmCham’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee to the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes, on 10th May
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These recommendations were submitted by AmCham’s Medical Devices Committee and AdvaMed to the Under Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, on 12th February
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These recommendations were submitted by AmCham’s Medical Devices Committee to Sh. K L Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
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Recommendations were submitted by AmCham’s Medical Devices Committee to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) regarding the SUGAM Portal for online submission of
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These recommendations were submitted by AmCham’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee to Mr. Hasmukh Adhia, Secretary, Department of Revenue, Mr.
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These recommendations were submitted by AmCham’s Tax, Tariff and Regulatory Affairs Committee to the Central Technical Committee (CTC) set up by
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AmCham’s Pre-Budget Memorandum 2016-17 was submitted to the Ministry of Finance on 6th November 2015. Read More AmCham’s Pre-Budget Memorandum 2016-17 (Indirect Taxes) AmCham’s
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AmCham letter to Dr. VK Subburaj, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals regarding UCPMP on 12th October 2015. Read More

AmCham’s Tax, Tariff & Regulatory Affairs Committee submitted comments on the issue of inverted duty structure to Mr. Shaktikanta Das,
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AmCham along with AdvaMed jointly submitted recommendations to Mr. K L Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
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AmCham along with AdvaMed jointly submitted recommendations to Dr. VK Subburaj, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals on the Draft National Medical
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Prepared by AmCham’s Medical Devices Committee and submitted on 27th June 2015, as part of a sub group constituted by
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Prepared by AmCham’s Tax, Tariff & Regulatory Affairs Committee and submitted on 14th June 2015.

Prepared by AmCham’s Tax, Tariff & Regulatory Affairs Committee and submitted on 5th June 2015 to Ms. Anita Kapur, Chairperson,
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Prepared by AmCham’s Defense Committee, AmCham has submitted detailed recommendations to the 11 member appointed DPP Expert Committee on Amendments
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Prepared by AmCham’s Defense Committee and submitted on 2nd June 2015, this is a tabular representation with language changes in
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As the Government of India considers the formulation and amendment to the next iteration of the Defense Procurement Procedure (DPP),
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Prepared by AmCham’s ICT Committee and submitted on 26th May 2015 to Mr. Rakesh Garg, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications. Read More

Prepared by AmCham’s ICT Committee and submitted on 14th May 2015 to Mr. Ajay Shankar, Chairman, Committee on Ease of Doing
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This letter was submitted to Mr. V. K. Subburaj, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of  Chemicals and Fertilizers on 16th
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AmCham submitted comments and suggestions to Mr. Mani, Chairman, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on GST Read More Cover Letter to
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Amcham’s Post Budget Memorandum has three sections: direct taxes, indirect taxes and annexure 1 (which includes the submission made in
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The National Health Policy is the first step in achieving universal health coverage by advocating health as a fundamental right,
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Prepared by AmCham’s Defense Committee, AmCham submitted a document seeking clarifications on pending TAA issues on 28th March 2015. (This document
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AmCham’s ICT Committee made recommendations on the draft M@M Roadmap to the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
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This letter was submitted on 24th February 2015 to Mr. Injeti Srinivas, Chairman, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, requesting an extension
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This letter was submitted to the Minister of Finance prior to the budget session in February 2015. Read More

AmCham’s suggestions on the Draft National IPR Policy was submitted in February 2015 to the Department of Industrial Policy and
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AmCham’s Aviation Committee made pre-budget recommendations to the ministry on priority fiscal issues pertaining to the civil aviation sector in
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AmCham submission to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on D&C Bill 2015 was sent to Dr. Shailendra Kumar, Director
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AmCham’s ICT Committee made recommendations to the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 1st December
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AmCham’s Aviation Committee made recommendations to the ministry on removal of VAT and service tax in October 2014. Read More

AmCham’s Aviation Committee made recommendations to the ministry on key action steps to make India a favorable MRO hub in September
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AmCham’s Aviation Committee made recommendations to the ministry on priority issues, procedural as well as policy related in May 2014. Read
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AmCham’s Aviation Committee submitted this list in March 2014. (This document is not public.)
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][/vc_column][/vc_row] [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]AmCham’s Aviation Committee submitted this list in March 2014. (This document is not public.)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

AmCham’s Aviation Committee made recommendations to the ministry on priority issues, procedural as well as policy related in February 2014. Read
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