MARKET
ACCESS FACILITATION INITIATIVE
IN
THE GERMAN IT MARKET
(LRMAFI–G)
PART - I
SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE OF LANGUAGE RELATED MARKET ACCESS FACILITATION INITIATIVE (LRMAFI)
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EXPORTERS
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO IT STUDENTS
ADMINISTRATION OF THE INITIATIVE
DOCUMENTATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT EXPORTERS REGISTERED WITH ESC AND IT STUDENTS
SETTLEMENT OF REIMBURSEMENT CLAIM APPLICATION
SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE FOR OVERSEEING OF SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS INITIATIVE
PART - II
1.0
Scope and Objective of Language Related Market Access
Facilitation Initiative (LRMAFI – G)
1.1
Export
promotion, market diversification and removal of market access barriers overseas
continue to be the thrust areas for the Government of India for accelerating the
tempo of growth in
1.1
(a)
Financial
Assistance to Indian Exporters registered with ESC.
1.1
(a)(i)
Financial assistance will be provided to any exporter who fulfils the
following eligibility criteria:
·
He/she has to be registered
with Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC);
·
He/she has already got
his/her IT professionals / personnel trained in the German language; and
·
His/her IT professionals/
personnel have secured the certificate of German (
1.1(a)(ii)
Financial assistance to the exporter concerned will be by way of
reimbursement of 50% of the actual tuition fees paid by him/her to any of the
German language training institutions or any individual German language
teacher (whose illustrative list is -Annex
IV) on account of training his/her IT professionals/personnel in the German
language and obtaining a certificate of German(Zertifikat
Deutsch – ZD).
1.1
(a)(iii)
However, the maximum ceiling of financial assistance to the exporter
concerned shall not exceed Rs.12,000/- (Rupees Twelve Thousand only) per IT
professional / personnel (who has already secured the certificate of German i.e.
1.1 (b)
Financial
Assistance to Indian IT Students
1.1
(b) (i)
Financial assistance will be provided to any IT student
who fulfils the following eligibility criteria:
He/she
is studying IT course in any of the institutions which fall under any of
the institutions listed under para No. 1.1 (c); and
He/she
who has simultaneously also learned the German language and obtained the
certificate of German (
1.1(b)(ii)
Financial assistance to the IT student concerned will be by way of
reimbursement of 50% of the actual tuition fees paid by him/her to any of the
German language institutions or any private German teacher whose
illustrative list is Annex -IV on
account of his/her training in the German language and obtaining the Zertifikat
Deutsch (ZD) including the examination fees paid.
1.1(b)(iii)
However, the maximum ceiling of financial assistance to the student
concerned shall not exceed Rs.12,000/- (Rupees Twelve Thousand only) for
obtaining the Zertifikat Deutsch (ZD) including
the examination fees paid.
1.1(
c) List of
Institutions
Ø
Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs)
Ø
Indian Institute of Science
(IIS)
Ø
Indian Institutes of
Management (IIMS) /
Ø
Indian Institutes of
Information Technology (IIITS)
Ø
Regional Engineering Colleges
(RECs) / Engineering Colleges recognised by AICTE/
Ø
Ø
BITS
Ø
Private and Public Sector
Institutions accredited under the DOEACC’s Scheme / AICTE scheme for
conducting specified levels of IT courses such as ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’
levels or any other institution providing an equivalent level and quality of IT
education and training in India.
2(a)
The utilisation of the Initiative is administered through Electronics and
Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) under the Market Access
Initiative Scheme (MAI) by the Department of Commerce, Government of India,
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi – 110 011
2(b)
Budget allocation to Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion
Council (ESC) for implementation of the above reimbursement activities under
this Initiative is finalised under the Market Access Initiative Scheme (MAI) by
the Department of Commerce, Government of India, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi – 110
011 on an annual basis.
2(c)
Each beneficiary has to submit his/her reimbursement claim within a
period of 4 months from the date of the certificate of German i.e.
2(d)
Reimbursement of the tuition fee including the examination fees on the
lines indicated above will be available to the beneficiary as per the procedure
indicated under para 4.2 for claim processing and reimbursement.
3.1
Exporters
Registered with ESC
An exporter applicant is
required to submit the following documents to the Council for claiming financial
assistance under this Initiative:
(i)
Claim Form duly completed and signed as per the prescribed format (Annex
I)
(ii)
A copy of the certificate from the Principal /Director of the German
language Institution or the individual private German language teacher concerned
as per sample format. (Annex II);
(iii)
Copy of the certificate of German i.e. Zertifikat
Deutsch and, mark sheet/ score card attested by the Director / Principal of
the language institution concerned;
or the individual private German language teacher as the case may be.
(iv)
Copy of the IT Educational
Certificate of each of the IT professionals/personnel for whom the exporter
concerned paid tuition fees for learning the German language and obtaining the
Certificate of German i.e. Zertifikat
Deutsch (ZD).
(v)
Receipt
of the examination fees paid.
(vi)
A
letter on the letterhead of the exporter has to be addressed to the Executive
Director, Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC), PHD
House, 3rd Floor, Opp. Asiad Village, New Delhi – 110 016
forwarding the claim application and other requisite supporting documents.
An
IT student applicant is required to submit the following documents to the
Council for claiming financial assistance under this Initiative:
(i)
Claim Form duly completed and signed as per the prescribed format (Annex
III)
(ii)
A copy of the Certificate from the Principal/Director of the German
language institution concerned or the individual private German language teacher
concerned as per sample format (Annex
II);
(iii)
Copy of the certificate of
German i.e.
(iv)
Receipt of the examination
fees paid.
(v)
A
letter has to be addressed by the IT student concerned
to the Executive Director, Electronics and Computer Software Export
Promotion Council (ESC), PHD House, 3rd Floor, Opp. Asiad Village,
New Delhi – 110 016 forwarding his/her claim application form along with
the other requisite supporting documents.
4.1
Reimbursement claim applications as per the prescribed formats from the
eligible exporters and IT students referred to earlier will be entertained by
the Council under this Initiative only in
respect of the
4.2
While
processing the claim applications, priority shall be accorded to the
applications of higher grade of German Language Certificate holders. In other
words, claim applications of the highest grade of the German Language
Certificate holders will be first processed and settled followed by the
applications of the next grade of German language Certificate holders.
4.3
The mark sheet/score card to be submitted by each applicant along with
their respective prescribed Claim Form may be verified by the Council
with the Goethe Institut Inter Nationes/any
Max Muller Bhavan concerned, if necessary.
4.4
The reimbursement claim
application complete in all respects and with all supporting documents in the
prescribed format required under this Initiative will be settled by the Council
within 45 days from the date of receipt of the application.
4.5
The
claim application received which is not complete
in all respects and with all the supporting documents in the prescribed format
will be returned to the applicant IT student or the member exporter concerned
within 14 days from the date of receipt of the application.
4.6
ESC will maintain a register in the office showing, among others :-
§
The name and address of each
applicant for the claim;
§
Serial number allotted by ESC
to the application;
§
Date of receipt;
§
Amount of reimbursement
claimed, and the amount paid;
§
Date of reimbursement of the
claims;
§
Date of return of the claim
application with deficiencies marked.
5.0
Supervisory
Committee for Overseeing of Smooth Implementation of this Initiative
A Supervisory Committee consisting of the following as far as possible
shall supervise and oversee the smooth implementation of the programme including
processing and settlement of the claim applications as per the Operational
Guidelines of this Initiative :
|
·
A nominee of the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, Govt. of India |
-In
the Chair |
|
·
A nominee of DOEACC Society, |
-Member |
|
·
A nominee of IIT, |
-Member |
|
·
A nominee of theMax Muller Bhavan, ·
A nominee of Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, |
-Member -Member |
|
·
|
-Convenor |
The Chairperson of this
Committee will have powers to co-opt any expert/professional or any Govt.
official in this Committee as full
regular member or extend an invitation to any expert/ professional or any
Govt. official from the Dept of Commerce or the Dept of Information Technology
from time to time to attend any meeting of this Committee as an observer.
Interpretation of any para
of these Operational Guidelines shall vest only in this Committee, and their
decision shall be final and binding.
1.0
For the purpose of this Initiative, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings
attached to them:
1.1
“IT” is an abbreviation of information technology
comprising, among others, knowledge and expertise in electronic data processing,
software development, application re-engineering or conversion, application
package, customization of applications, on-site software services, application
software, software tools, systems software, remote data entry, and networking
services, document conversion, IT consultancy, training etc.
1.2
“IT Student” mean persons who are
enrolled in any institution (listed under para 1.1 ( c) of Part I of this
Initiative) which teaches IT theory and practice, and imparts training in
specified IT courses.
1.3
“IT professionals/ personnel” refer
to professionals/personnel who have already acquired knowledge, expertise and
experience in information technology and related areas, and are engaged as
such in an IT and /or IT related company/ organisation.
1.4
“ESC” means Electronics and Computer Software Export
Promotion Council.
1.5
1.6
“DOEACC” is an abbreviation of Department of Electronics
Accredition of Computer Courses.