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Inquiry into Australia's relationship with India as an emerging world power

18 August 2009

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Preliminary Pages	(PDF 118KB)
Foreword Membership of the Committee – 41st Parliament Membership of the Committee – 42nd Parliament Committee Secretariat – 41st Parliament Committee Secretariat – Terms of reference List of abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Australia-India Relationship	(PDF 90KB)
Conduct of the inquiry The context of the present inquiry Structure of the report India as an emerging world power – 2007 Engaging with an emerging world power Current Indian Economic Profiles

Chapter 2 Australia – India Intergovernmental Relations	(PDF 118KB)
Current intergovernmental exchange Governmental exchanges at the ministerial level State and official level exchanges Sector specific bi-lateral relations The Aid Relationship Research and development links Biotechnology and related fields Committee comment

Chapter 3 The economic relationship: Business engagement—energy, resources and agriculture	(PDF 116KB)
Introduction Energy and resources Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Committee comment Agriculture

Chapter 4 The economic relationship: Business engagement—services	(PDF 214KB)
Australia’s services exports to India—education and tourism Committee comment Tourism services Committee comment India’s services exports to Australia IT services Legal and Accounting services

Chapter 5 Trade opportunities	(PDF 92KB)
Retailing Financial services Processed food and beverages Infrastructure development

Chapter 6 Doing business in India	(PDF 143KB)
The Australian presence in India State representation Committee comment Impediments to business Perceptions Committee comment Barriers to the services trade—telecommunications Committee comment Bureaucracy and cross state impediments in India Committee comment Access for Australian agricultural products Committee comment Intellectual property rights Committee comment

Appendix A – List of Submissions	(PDF 43KB)

Appendix B – List of Exhibits	(PDF 47KB)

Appendix C – List of Hearings and Witnesses	(PDF 63KB)

Appendix D – From the Australian Greens	(PDF 84KB)