Cabinet to deliberate upon ‘FDI liberalisation’ issue next week: Anand Sharma

19 Jul 2013 Evaluate

The Cabinet will take on board the issue of relaxing FDI norms in about a dozen sectors next week. Giving a booster dose to the ailing economy and the falling rupee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, earlier this week, opened the gates in 13 sectors, including telecom, insurance and petroleum refining.

Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said that clarity on FDI in multi-brand retail too would be given out soon, given that high-level meeting chaired by Manmohan Singh, while approving relaxation in FDI norms in different sectors, did not take a view on raising FDI limits in sectors like civil aviation, airport, media, multi-brand retail and brownfield (existing firms) pharmaceuticals.

Foreign retailers, for a long time have been seeking clarity on the mandatory norm of 30 per cent sourcing from small and medium companies in India. Meanwhile, for FDI in Pharma Sector, although India permits 100% foreign investment in the sector through automatic approval route in the new projects, foreign investments in the existing companies are allowed only after FIPB's approval.

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