India has announced its decision to extend the facility of visa on arrival to nationals of Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos with effect from January 1, 2011. As further measure to support the ASEAN Master Plan on Connectivity, India also offered 100 IT scholarships to each of the 10 ASEAN countries over the next 5 years. This was announced by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh while addressing the 8th India ASEAN summit in Hanoi today. Dr Singh expressed the hope that formalities for implementing the India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement by all ASEAN States are completed at an early date. He said that the conclusion of a Services and Investment Agreement would be an important step in achieving the goal of comprehensive economic cooperation in the region. He said that India had undertaken programmes for a massive transformation of rural India which was creating a huge and booming rural market for goods and services.