Invest India

Context

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Women and Child Development Government of India and Invest India.

Objective

• The agreement has been signed to enhance co-operation in the thematic areas of Nutrition, Child Protection and Development, Women Empowerment and convergent capacity building.
• Invest India Missions will support the efforts of the Ministry of Women and Child Development instrategic and policy support, international cooperation, convergence, impact assessment, sustained behaviour change communication and in the creation of a participatory ecosystem geared towards creating large-scale impact.

About the Organization

Ministry of Women and Child Development

• The Department of Women and Child Development, Government of India, came into existence as a separate Ministry with effect from 30th January, 2006, earlier since 1985 it was a Department under the Ministry of Human Resources Development.
• The Ministry was constituted with the prime intention of addressing gaps in State action for women and children for promoting inter-Ministerial and inter-sectoral convergence to create gender equitable and child-centred legislation, policies and programmes.

Invest India

• Invest India, set up in 2009, is a non-profit venture under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• It is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of India and act as the first point of reference for investors in India.
• Invest India focuses on sector-specific investor targeting and development of new partnerships to enable sustainable investments in India.
• Its experts, specializing across different countries, Indian states and sectors, handhold investors through their investment lifecycle ? from pre-investment to after-care.