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Pakistani businessmen can get Saarc card

| NAMRATA BIJI AHUJA
Published : Jan 28, 2016, 4:25 am IST
Updated : Jan 28, 2016, 4:25 am IST

Pakistani businessmen travelling to India for the first time who can bring in business of at least Rs 1 crore can now be eligible for the Saarc India Business Card.

Pakistani businessmen travelling to India for the first time who can bring in business of at least Rs 1 crore can now be eligible for the Saarc India Business Card. The card allows all Saarc business travellers multiple entry into India for three years. The government has fixed the criteria for Pakistanis to avail of the business traveller card based on the value of business they can bring into India.

Those Pakistani businessmen who have already travelled on a business visa to India have got some relaxation; the total value of their business should exceed Rs 50 lakh in the preceding financial year to make them eligible to hold the card. After various security concerns were flagged by intelligence agencies on extending relaxed entry facilities to Pakistanis, New Delhi set conditions for eligibility and decided to issue the business cards to Pakistanis only “along with the visa”.

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