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                                                                  EXHIBIT (k)(4)




                      [FORM OF INFORMATION AGENT AGREEMENT]




                                              , 2004




The India Fund, Inc.
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166

                Re:  Letter of Agreement
                     -------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen;

This Letter of Agreement,  including the Appendix attached hereto (collectively,
this  "Agreement"),  sets forth the terms and  conditions  of the  engagement of
Georgeson  Shareholder  Communications Inc. ("GSC") by The India Fund, Inc. (the
"Company") to act as Information  Agent in connection with its  Non-Transferable
Rights  Offering (the "Offer").  The term of the Agreement  shall be the term of
the Offer, including any extensions thereof.

     (a)  SERVICES.  GSC shall  perform  the  services  described  in the Fees &
          Services  Schedule  attached hereto as Appendix I  (collectively,  the
          "Services").

     (b)  FEES. In  consideration  of GSC's  performance  of the  Services,  the
          Company  shall pay GSC the  amounts,  and  pursuant to the terms,  set
          forth on the Fees & Services Schedule attached hereto as Appendix I.

     (c)  EXPENSES. In connection with GSC's performance of the Services, and in
          addition to the fees and charges  discussed in paragraphs  (b) and (d)
          hereof, the Company agrees that it shall be solely responsible for the
          following  costs and expenses,  and that the Company  shall,  at GSC's
          sole  discretion,  (i)  reimburse  GSC for  such  costs  and  expenses
          actually  incurred by GSC,  (ii) pay such costs and expenses  directly
          and/or (iii) advance sufficient funds to GSC for payment of such costs
          and expenses:

          o    expenses  incidental to the Offer,  including postage and freight
               charges incurred in delivering Offer materials;

          o    expenses  incurred  by GSC in  working  with its  agents or other
               parties  involved  in  the  Offer,  including  charges  for  bank
               threshold lists, data processing, telephone

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               directory assistance,  facsimile  transmissions or other forms of
               electronic communication;

          o    expenses  incurred  by GSC at the  Company's  request  or for the
               Company's  convenience,   including  copying  expenses,  expenses
               relating  to  the  printing  of  additional  and/or  supplemental
               material and travel expenses of GSC's executives;

          o    any  other  fees  and  expenses  authorized  by the  Company  and
               resulting from extraordinary contingencies which arise during the
               course of the Offer,  including fees and expenses for advertising
               (including production and posting), media relations,  stock watch
               and analytical services.

     (d)  CUSTODIAL  CHARGES.  GSC  agrees  to  check,  itemize  and  pay on the
          Company's behalf the charges of brokers and banks,  with the exception
          of ADP Proxy  Services and Prudential  Securities  which will bill the
          Company  directly,  for forwarding the Company's  offering material to
          beneficial  owners.  The Company  agrees to provide GSC,  prior to the
          commencement of the initial distribution of offering materials to such
          brokers and banks,  with a  preliminary  payment equal to 75% of GSC's
          good faith  estimate  of the  charges  which shall be assessed by such
          brokers and banks for two distributions of such materials. The Company
          shall pay GSC an  administrative  fee of five dollars ($5,00) for each
          broker and bank  invoice  paid by GSC on the  Company's behalf. If the
          Company  prefers to pay these bills  directly,  please  strike out and
          initial this clause before returning the executed Agreement.

     (e)  COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE  LAWS. The Company and GSC hereby represent
          to one another that each shall use its best efforts to comply with all
          applicable laws relating to the Offer, including,  without limitation,
          the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended,  and the rules and
          regulations promulgated thereunder.

     (f)  INDEMNIFICATION. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless GSC
          and its  stockholders,  officers,  directors,  employees,  agents  and
          affiliates against any and all claims,  costs,  damages,  liabilities,
          judgments  and  expenses,  including  the fees,  costs and expenses of
          counsel  retained by GSC,  which result from claims,  actions,  suits,
          subpoenas,  demands or other proceedings  brought against or involving
          GSC which directly relate to or arise out of GSC's  performance of the
          Services  (except  for  costs,  damages,  liabilities,   judgments  or
          expenses  which shall have been  determined by a court of law pursuant
          to a final and  nonappealable  judgment to have directly resulted from
          GSC's gross negligence or intentional  misconduct).  In addition,  the
          prevailing  party shall be entitled to reasonable  attorneys' fees and
          court  costs  in  any  action  between  the  parties  to  enforce  the
          provisions of this  Agreement,  including the  indemnification  rights
          contained in this  paragraph.  The indemnity  obligations set forth in
          this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

     (g)  GOVERNING  LAW. This  Agreement  shall be governed by the  substantive
          laws of the  State of New York  without  regard to its  principles  of
          conflicts  of laws,  and  shall  not

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          be modified in any way, unless  pursuant to a written  agreement which
          has been  executed by each of the parties  hereto.  The parties  agree
          that any and all disputes,  controversies  or claims arising out of or
          relating to this  Agreement  (including  any breach  hereof)  shall be
          subject to the  jurisdiction  of the federal  and state  courts in New
          York County, New York and the parties hereby waive any defenses on the
          grounds of lack of  personal  jurisdiction  of such  courts,  improper
          venue or forum non conveniens.

     (h)  EXCLUSIVITY. The Company agrees and acknowledges that GSC shall be the
          sole Information  Agent retained by the Company in connection with the
          Offer,  and that the Company  shall  refrain  from  engaging any other
          Information Agent to render any Services,  in a consultative  capacity
          or otherwise, in relation to the Offer.

     (i)  ADDITIONAL SERVICES. In addition to the Services, the Company may from
          time to time  request  that GSC  provide  it with  certain  additional
          consulting or other services.  The Company agrees that GSC's provision
          of such  additional  services  shall  be  governed  by the  terms of a
          separate  agreement  to be entered into by the parties at such time or
          times,  and that the fees charged in connection  therewith shall be at
          GSC's then-current rates.

     (j)  CONFIDENTIALITY. GSC agrees to preserve the confidentiality of (i) all
          material non-public  information provided by the Company or its agents
          for GSC's use in  fulfilling  its  obligations  hereunder and (ii) any
          information  developed  by GSC  based  upon such  material  non-public
          information (collectively,  "Confidential Information").  For purposes
          of this  Agreement,  Confidential  Information  shall not be deemed to
          include any information which (w) is or becomes generally available to
          the  public  in  accordance  with  law  other  than as a  result  of a
          disclosure by GSC or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents
          or affiliates, (x) was available to CSC on a nonconfidential basis and
          in accordance  with law prior to its disclosure to GSC by the Company;
          (y)  becomes  available  to  GSC  on a  nonconfidential  basis  and in
          accordance with law from a person other than the Company or any of its
          officers,  directors,  employees,  agents  or  affiliates  who  is not
          otherwise bound by a confidentiality  agreement with the Company or is
          not otherwise prohibited from transmitting such information to a third
          party; or (z) was independently and lawfully developed by GSC based on
          information  described in clauses  (w), (x) or (y) of this  paragraph.
          The Company agrees that all reports,  documents and other work product
          provided to the Company by GSC pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
          are for the  exclusive  use of the Company and may not be disclosed to
          any other person or entity  without the prior written  consent of GSC.
          The  confidentiality  obligations  set forth in this  paragraph  shall
          survive the termination of this Agreement.

     (k)  ENTIRE  AGREEMENT;  APPENDIX.  This Agreement  constitutes  the entire
          agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both
          written and oral, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject
          matter hereof.  The Appendix to this  Agreement  shall be deemed to be
          incorporated  herein by reference as if fully set forth

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          herein.  This  Agreement  shall be binding upon all  successors to the
          Company (by operation of law or otherwise).

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         IF THE  ABOVE IS  AGREED  TO BY YOU,  PLEASE  EXECUTE  AND  RETURN  THE
         ENCLOSED   DUPLICATE  OF  THIS   AGREEMENT  TO  GEORGESON   SHAREHOLDER
         COMMUNICATIONS  INC., 17 STATE STREET - 10TH FLOOR,  NEW YORK, NEW YORK
         10004, ATTENTION: MARCY ROTH, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR.

                                        Sincerely,

                                        GEORGESON SHAREHOLDER
                                        COMMUNICATIONS INC.


                                        By:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                   Christopher M. Hayden

                                        Title:           Director
                                               ---------------------------------

Agreed to and accepted as of
the date first set forth above:

THE INDIA FUND, INC.


By:
       ---------------------------------

Title: Director, President and Chairman
       ---------------------------------

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                                                                     APPENDIX
                                                                     --------

                            FEES & SERVICES SCHEDULE
                            ------------------------

BASE SERVICES                                                         $10,000
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o    Advance review of Offer documents
o    Strategic advice relating to the Offer
o    Assistance in preparation of advertisements and news
     releases
o    Dissemination of Offer documents to bank and broker
     community
o    Communication with bank and broker community during Offer
     period

ADDITIONAL SERVICES
o    Direct telephone communication with retail (i.e., registered
     and NOBO shareholders)                                             TBD
                                                                   -------------
     o    $5.00 per completed call (incoming and outgoing)
     o    $5.00 TeleVote(TM) (per vote received)

NOTE:  The foregoing fees are EXCLUSIVE of  reimbursable  expenses and custodial
charges as described in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this  Agreement.  In addition,
the  Company  will be charged a fee of $1,000 if the Offer is  extended  for any
reason.



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                            FEE PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
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The Company shall pay GSC as follows:

o    Upon execution of this Agreement, the Company shall pay GSC $10,000, which
     amount is in consideration of GSC's commitment to represent the Company and
     is non-refundable;

o    If applicable, immediately prior to the commencement of the mailing, the
     Company shall advance to QSC a portion of anticipated custodial charges;
     and

o    Upon completion of the Offer, the Company shall pay GSC the sum of (i) any
     variable fees for Additional Services (e.g., telephone calls) which shall
     have accrued over the course of the Offer, and (ii) all reimbursable
     expenses_

GSC will send the Company an invoice for each of the foregoing payments.
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