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New Delhi, 8th January, 2013.
Subject:
Internship Scheme ofthe Department of Economic Affairs for 2013-14.
Department of Economic Affairs has the mandate to carry out riot only the economic diplomacy but also to build and maintain the economic health of the country, which essentially envisages close interaction with various financial institutions, both domestic and international.
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2. The need for an Internship Scheme for the Department has been felt for quite sometime, which is beneficial to both the Department and the intern. The Internship Scheme will ensure interaction of the officers of the Department with the young scholars with brilliant academic background from reputed academic institutions in the country. The refreshing ideas from the field of academics will help the Department in its activities even as it provides an excellent opportunity to the interns to familiarize themselves with the overall process of formulation of economic policy of the Government at the macro level. 3. The interns from the reputed Economic Institutesl Schoolsl National Management Institutes/ National Law Schools are expected to be instruments par excellence in adding flavour to the functioning . of the Department. DEA shall assign to an intern a specific assignment from an area administered by the Department. Such area could be Capital Market, Economic Reforms at macro level, Development Assistance to India from multilateral 1 bilateral financial institutions/ countries, Exchange Management, Foreign Investment in India and Indian Investment abroad, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, Tariff Policy, Domestic Regulations, Inflation Management, Debt Market Operation and Debt Management (External and Domestic), Small Savings, Modernisation of Budget Documents etc. 4. The objective and guidelines/. salient features of the Internship Scheme. of the Department of