In a decision which would help in speedier clearance of foreign direct investments proposals, which is one of the key concerns of investors, the cabinet has given more teeth to Foreign Investment Promotions Board (FIPB) by enhancing its power to take decision on foreign investments worth Rs 3000 crore against Rs 1200 crore permitted in FDI policy, 2014. This decision is expected to clear the decks for many stalled proposals by expediting the approval process, resulting into increased foreign investment inflows.
However, for recommendations of FIPB on proposals involving total foreign equity inflow of more than Rs 3,000 crore would still require consideration of CCEA. According to the extant policy, all the proposals above Rs 1,200 crore had to be referred to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), while the finance minister cleared the recommendations of the FIPB on proposals with total foreign equity inflow of and below Rs 1,200 crore.
Additionally, CCEA would also consider the proposals which may be referred to it by the FIPB / the Minister of Finance. Further, the FIPB Secretariat in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) will process the recommendations of FIPB to obtain the approval of Minister of Finance and the CCEA.
Notably, most of the sectors are presently under the automatic route, which means that FDI in these sectors would require intimation to RBI and no approval of FIPB/ CCEA. However, proposals in certain sensitive sectors like tea, mining, and telecom (beyond 49 percent FDI) still require to be routed through FIPB.
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