(a) whether the Government has commissioned any studies on proposed EU-India and India-
Japan Free Trade Agreement;
(b) if so, the details of the list of such studies, authors and their institutional
affiliations; and
(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to make available the copies
to the public or other stakeholders of such studies?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY(SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) The following studies were commissioned:-
A-EU-INDIA FTA
(i) In October 2005, the Department of Commerce commissioned a study to the National
Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on the economic assessment of the proposed
India-European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The study was authored by Shri. Sanjib
Pohit and others of NCAER.
(ii) In June 2007, the Department of Commerce commissioned a comprehensive study to Indian
Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) on Trade in Services under
India-EU Free Trade Agreement. Following table gives the details of the studies done:-
S.No Sector Author Affiliation
1 Telecommunication Rajat Kathuria Professor ICRIER
2 IT & ITES Rupa Chanda Professor of Economics, IIM Bangalore
3 Health Rupa Chanda Professor of Economics, IIM Bangalore
4 Banking & Insurance Abhijit Sen Gupta Consultant, World Bank and
5 Accountancy Parthapratim Pal Assistant Professor, IIM, Kolkata
6 Environment Aparna Sawhney Assistant Professor, Centre of Trade & Development, JNU
7 Postal & Biswajit Nag Assistant Professor, IIFT Express Delivery
8 Legal Panagiotis Delimatsis Senior Research Fellow, World Trade & Samir Gandhi Institute, Berne & Senior Associate, Economic Paws Practice, New Delhi
9 R & D Suparna Karmakar Senior Fellow, ICRIER
10 Energy Arpita Mukherjee and Professor, ICRIER and Research Smita Miglani Assistant ICRIER
11 Audiovisual Arpita Mukherjee, Professor, ICRIER, Consultant, Ramneet Goswami & ICRIER & Associate Professor Biswajit Nag of Economics , IIFT
12 Construction Arpita Mukherjee Professor, ICRIER and and Durgesh Kr. Rai Research Associate, ICRIER
13 Logistics Debjani Ganguli Economist and Consultant ICRIER