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The United Nations (UNCTAD) has declared Invest India- the National Investment Promotion Agency of India- as a winner of the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award.

Highlights

• The award ceremony took place on 7^th December 2020 at UNCTAD Headquarters in Geneva.
  
• The award recognizes and celebrates the outstanding achievements and best practices ofInvestment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) across the globe.
  
• The evaluation was based on UNCTAD’s assessment of work undertaken by 180 Investment Promotion Agencies.
• This United Nations Investment Promotion Award is the most coveted award for Investment Promotion Agencies.
• UNCTAD is acentral agency that monitors performance of IPAs and identifies global best practices.

• As the national investment promotion and facilitation agency, Invest India focuses on sector-specific investor targeting and development of new partnerships to enable sustainable investments in India.
• In addition to a core team that focuses on sustainable investments, Invest India also partners with substantial investment promotion agencies and multilateral organizations.
• Invest India also actively works with several Indian states to build capacity as well as bring in global best practices in investment targeting, promotion and facilitation areas.
• 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, Government of India.