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Revised

Operational Guidelines

of the

Language Related Market Access Facilitation Initiative

in the German IT Market

( LRMAFI - G )

 

 

As amended upto 08/05/06

 

 

 

A scheme approved
by
Department of Commerce,
Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
Govt. of India

New Delhi

 

MARKET ACCESS FACILITATION INITIATIVE
IN THE GERMAN IT MARKET
(LRMAFI–G)

OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES

 

 

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CONTENTS

PART

Items

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                -  Exporter Registered With Esc And

               -   IT Students

 

 

 

                 (Prescribed Forms)

 

 

Part-II

  

Department of Commerce Home Page

 

PART-I

 

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 India ’s software exports.  In order to give a new impetus to Indian exporters for overcoming the language barrier for diversification of their export into the German IT market, especially in view of the slowdown in US and other major economies being noticed in the world and also to motivate and encourage IT students to take interest in developing knowledge of reading, writing and communication in the German language side by side with their IT training and education, and obtaining a German language proficiency certificate, the Language Related Market Access Facilitation Initiative in the German IT Market has now been put under operation  through Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, to support the following programmes :-

 

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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 ( Zertifikat Deutsch – ZD)   from the Goethe Institut Inter-Nationes/any Max Mueller Bhavan in India .

 

1.1(a)(ii)         Financial assistance to the exporter concerned will be by way of reimbursement of 50% of the actual tuition fees paid ( subject to deduction of 5 % administrative service charges ) 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. Zertifikat Deutsch ) of the exporter concerned .

 

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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 ( Zertificat Deutsch ) from the Goethe Institut Inter Nationes/any Max Mueller Bhavan in India .

 

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.

 

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1.1( c)  List of Institutions

 

  • 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.

     

     

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    2.0                                      ADMINISTRATION OF THE INITIATIVE

     

     

     

     

    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. Zertifikat Deutsch (ZD) otherwise his/her Claim Form will not be entertained.

     

    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.

     

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    3.0                    DOCUMENTATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO

                                (i) EXPORTERS WHO ARE REGISTERED WITH ESC AND

                                    (ii) IT STUDENTS FROM ANY OF THE INSTITUTIONS LISTED EARLIER 

     

     

    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.

     

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    3.2                                      IT STUDENTS

     

    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. Zertifikat Deutsch and, mark sheet score card attested by the Director/ Principal of the German language institution concerned or the individual teacher concerned.

     

    (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.

     

     

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    4.0                                      SETTLEMENT OF REIMBURSEMENT CLAIM APPLICATION

     

    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 Zertifikat Deutsch Examination, which has taken place in India after on or after 19th March 2004 .

     

    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.

     

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    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, N. Delhi

     

    -Member

    ·     A nominee of IIT, N. Delhi

     

    -Member

    ·     A nominee of theMax Muller Bhavan, N. Delhi

     

    -Member   

     

    A nominee of Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, New Delhi

    -Member

    A nominee of the MAI section of Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India

     

    -Member

     

    ·     Mr. D.K. Sareen , Executive Director, ESC

     

    -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, including the power to relax the provisions of these Operational Guidelines to permit minor deviations in the interest of furthering the objectives of this scheme, shall vest only in this Committee, and their decision shall be final and binding.

     

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    ANNEX I

     

    CLAIM FORM FOR MEMBER EXPORTER

    FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE

    LANGUAGE RELATED MARKET ACCESS