"The two leaders aim to conclude the protocol to amend DTAA, which will modify the capital gains tax exemption," Indian High Commissioner Jawed Ashraf said today.
As in the case of India's DTAA with Mauritius, to which the DTAA with Singapore was linked, the Capital Gains Tax exemption provision in the DTAA will be phased out within a defined time frame, he said.
Modi had suggested that a working group chaired by senior Ministers be designated from both sides to explore ways to further strengthen the strong economic ties and accelerate investment flows between India and Singapore.
"This underlines the importance that India attaches to the growing and wide ranging strategic partnership with Singapore and the key place that Singapore occupies in India's external economic engagement and the Act East Policy," Jawed Ashraf said.
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Singapore is already the second largest source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India with cumulative FDI inflow amounting to USD 50.6 billion from April 2000 to September 2016.
Singapore is among the top destinations for Indian investors as well who have put in more than USD 45 billion worth of investment in the country.
While the framework agreements between the two countries, such as the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and the DTAA, have contributed to the emergence of Singapore as the major source and destination of investments for India, it is also the result of the business environment in Singapore and its role as a major financial, logistics and business centre in the region, the High Commissioner said.
"The meeting between the two ministers, on December 30 will be a step towards taking bilateral economic ties to the next level," said the High Commissioner.
This will be Tharman's third visit to India this year.
He delivered the inaugural NITI Lecture Series on Transforming India in August and visited the country in April.