Philip Morris International paid manufacturing costs for India despite of ban
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According to recently reviewed documents, Philip Morris International Inc has paid for manufacturing costs to its Indian partners for making Marlboro cigarettes despite the 9-year old ban on direct foreign investments. A year before the FDI ban Phillip Morris struck a deal with India's Godfrey Philips and it has acted as a contract manufacturer in India. However, some lawyers defended it saying it is not illegal.