Overview

• Negotiations are underway with more than a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, the European Union and Australia, to expand India’s BIT network.
• Officials say some of these bilateral investment treaties are likely to be finalized and announced within the next three to six months.
• The 2025 budget overhaul of India’s model BIT introduced broader investor protections, shorter local litigation requirements and clear arbitration rules.
• Under the 2024 India–UAE BIT, the mandatory local remedy period has already been reduced to three years for investor disputes.
• This treaty push follows record FDI inflows that surpassed USD 1 trillion by March 2025, reinforcing India’s reputation as a safe destination for foreign investment.