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Govt looking at possibility of relaxing further FDI norms in different sectors

30 Oct 2019 Evaluate

With a view to attract overseas investors, the government is looking at the possibility of relaxing further foreign direct investment (FDI) norms in different sectors. An inter-ministerial group has held discussions on the possibility of further easing FDI norms in different sectors. The meeting was chaired by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra. Officials from different ministries, including defence, Home affairs, information and broadcasting, electronics and IT, and finance, attended the meeting.

The department is looking at relaxing norms in those sectors where currently 100% FDI is not permitted through automatic route. Foreign investment is allowed through automatic route in most of the sectors, but in certain areas such as defence, telecom, media, pharmaceuticals and insurance, government approval is required. In some sectors like telecom, insurance, banking, and media, there is cap on FDI limit. Under government route, foreign investor has to take prior approval of respective ministry/department. Through automatic approval route, the investor just has to inform the RBI after the investment is made.

There are nine sectors where FDI is prohibited and that includes lottery business, gambling and betting, chit funds, Nidhi Company, real estate business, and manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes using tobacco. Recently, the government relaxed FDI norms in several sectors like single brand retail trading, contract manufacturing and coal mining. Currently, a standard operating procedure is laid out by the DPIIT through which foreign direct investment proposals are processed within a fixed time period of 8-10 weeks. During the April-June period of FY20, FDI into India increased by 28% to $16.33 billion.

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