The government is planning to tighten norms governing FDI through partly-paid shares, convertible warrants and units issued by venture capital funds (VCFs), as it looks to prevent misuse of these popular instruments. The finance ministry and the department of industrial policy & promotion (DIPP) have decided that the conditions such as sectoral ceilings, minimum-capitalisation and lock-in period governing foreign investment through equity should be applicable to these in..
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