Mauritius has offered a couple of sun-drenched islands to India as part of a trade and investment deal. While the offer has been talked about for a while, Mauritius has revived it - at a time when it's very keen on persevering with the 1983 double-taxation avoidance treaty with India.

Today, Mauritus Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell said the country has made tremendous progress on the double taxation avoidance treaty with India since 2006. He said, Mauritius has exchanged information related to over 170 cases with India over three years, some even outside the treaty. Any domestic legislations should not over-ride the taxation treaty between India and Mauritius, said Boolell.