India is hoping that the European Union's proposal for the blue card will incorporated into a bilateral trade and investment agreement being negotiated between India and the 27-member bloc.

According to the Economic Times, senior commerce ministry officials said that they hoped the EU would provide provisions specific to India to make the scheme more "relevant for the country's needs."

India is more interested in fast-tracking visas for short-term workers to provide initial service for contractual business, such as getting permission for Indian technicians to travel to the EU, setup equipment, and stay there for awhile to ensure that everything goes well.

Also, if an Indian company were to buy something from the European Union, they would like to have the ability to easily send someone to the EU for training or other purposes.

According to an official quoted by the Economic Times, it's not possible to carry out these scenarios as there are too many restrictions, including minimum wage conditions and economic test conditions.

Some EU countries have provisions in place for workers providing services on a short term basis so that work permits are not needed, but usually the company sending the employee must be based in another European Union country, among other requirements. It's hoped that the blue card scheme will sort out these problems.

India would have to convince the EU to make the necessary changes to the proposed legislation to accommodate their interests. Currently, the proposal limits granting a blue card to workers who have a one-year contract, something that won't work for many of India's needs.