What is the core structural focus of the 2024 India–UAE Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) within India’s international investment strategy?

Correct option is C

The correct answer is (c) Assures post-establishment investor confidence via standard and national treatment.
• The India–UAE BIT 2024 follows India’s Model BIT (2016), emphasizing post-establishment protection rather than pre-entry rights.
• It ensures National Treatment and Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) treatment to investors after investment is made.
Information Booster
• India revised its BIT framework in 2016 to reduce exposure to investor–state disputes.
• UAE is among India’s top foreign direct investment (FDI) sources.
• The BIT replaces older investment protection agreements with a balanced, state-centric approach.
• Investor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) under the new BIT is limited and conditional.
Additional Knowledge
• India terminated several old BITs between 2016–2018.
• National Treatment means foreign investors are treated at par with domestic investors.
• MFN clause prevents discrimination between foreign investors of different countries.
• BITs are separate from Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAA).