Call for Papers Organising Committee UGC SPONSORED

We are inviting you to contribute a research paper on

any of the earlier mentioned themes for presentation at
Chief Patron : Dr. K. Meena NATIONAL SEMINAR
Vice-Chancellor,
the seminar. Interested contributors are requested to
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send their full papers (10-12 pages) with abstracts (strictly ISSUES OF FDI IN INDIA
not more than 200 words) typed in Microsoft Word (font: Patron : Dr. T. Ramasamy
Times New Roman, font size: 12, line space: 2). The Registrar, Bharathidasan University
name(s) of the author(s) must be clearly typed below the Chairpersons : Dr. S. Iyyampillai 27 & 28 January, 2011
title of the paper on the front page with address for Professor & Head,
corresponding author. The appendices, notes and Department of Economics &
references must be given in scientific form at the end of Co-ordinator, CYDS
the text. The full papers with abstracts should be
Dr. J.A. Arul Chellakumar
submitted both in hard and soft copies (the soft copy
Professor of Economics & Chair,
may also be sent by email to nprassii@hotmail.com) to School of Economics, Commerce
Dr. N. Prasanna, Organising Secretary, Department of & Financial Studies
Economics, Bharathidasan University, Khajamalai
Campus, Tiruchirappalli – 620023 on or before 31th Organising : Dr. N. Prasanna
December, 2010. The papers will be reviewed by a peer Secretary Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics
committee of referees and only the selected papers will
be accepted for presentation and publication in the Co-ordinators : Dr. V. Backyavathi
proceedings. Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics
Registration Fees
Dr. S. Ganesan
Faculty Members & Others : Rs. 300/- Assistant Professor,
Students & Research Scholars : Rs. 150/- Department of Economics
Registration fee is payable by Demand Draft in favour of Dr. P. Natarajamurthy
Organising Secretary, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor, CYDS
Khajamalai Campus, Bharathidasan University,
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Tiruchirappalli – 620023. The co-authors have to
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at the seminar and accommodation would be provided Khajamalai Campus,Tiruchirappalli – 620023
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Seminar Dates 27&28Jan 2011
About the University funds abroad and the special incentives to the foreign REGISTRATION FORM
Bharathidasan University was established in investors. All these initiatives have resulted in a UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL SEMINAR
February 1982, and was named after the great phenomenal rise in FDI inflows into India; more than ON
revolutionary Tamil Poet, Bharathidasan (1891-1968). 300 times over the last two decades, i.e., from just Rs.

The motto of the University “We will create a brave new
world” has been framed from Bharathidasan’s poetic
words “ÙiëP∞ uπ@Ó N›¤«z∞Ó.” The University
endeavours to be true to such a vision by creating in the
region a brave new world of academic innovation for
social change (NAAC, - 2005, p.69). The year 2006-07
is the Silver Jubilee year for this great and vibrant
University.
About the Department of Economics
The Department of Economics was one of the
first departments to be constituted when the erstwhile
Autonomous Post Graduate Centre of the University of
Madras was set up at Tiruchirapalli more than four
decades ago. The Department offers M.A., M.Phil., and
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316 crores in 1991-92 to Rs. 1,23,378 crores in 2009-2010.
27 & 28 January, 2011
A major argument put forward in favour of FDI
is filling the saving investment gap which was wide in
India during the 1980s and 1990s. But now, the argument Name :
of the gap between saving and investment does not fit
the frame of the Indian Economy as the saving has
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increased to meet the investment. Still the Government
of India seems to in a liberal mood vis-à-vis FDI.
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Therefore, the issue to be discussed in this seminar is
whether the increased inflows of FDI into the Indian
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economy in the last two decades have in any way
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benefited India. Have the increased FDI inflows led to
higher economic growth or at least increase investment
opportunities. Further, the change in the trade policy

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from import substitution to export promotion is looked
Ph.D. Programmes in Economics. Its academic
upon as export oriented growth strategy. In this
programmes are constantly updated, and are intended Mobile No. :
connection the linkages between higher FDI inflows
to provide the tools necessary to understand the working
and trade ratios has been advocated by economists like
of real world economies in terms of both theory and
Bhagwati and Srinivasan (1993) and the World Bank E- Mail Address :
policy. In addition to this, the Department organizes
(1989). Hence, another issue is to know whether
Endowment Lectures, Seminars, Conferences, etc., and
increased FDI has led to improvement in the export Title of the Paper :
also collaborates with the Academic Staff College to
competitiveness or performance of India. If these
offer Refresher Courses.
aspects do not give positive indications, then there
Preamble would be not a requirement for the Government of India
An important issue in India regarding the to continuously keep liberalizing FDI policies in all
development policy has been whether the economic directions and dimensions. Details of Registration Fees
growth should be promoted by adopting planning and Themes
controls or through free market system in which private Amount :
1. FDI and Economic Growth
sector and foreign investors (foreign capital – FDI) are
permitted to play an important role. A series of policy 2. FDI and Domestic Investments DD No. and Date :
reforms propelling India towards the free market system 3. FDI and Export Performance

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were undertaken since 1991 by liberalising the approval 4. FDI and Employment Generation Bank of the Name :
procedures, the investment restrictions, the limitation
5. Other FDI Related Aspects
on foreign equity participation, the restrictions on Date :
acquisitions and take-over by foreign investors, the local
content requirement, the restrictions on remittance of Signature :