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Infrastructure companies in Securities Markets, namely, stock exchanges, commodity exchanges, corporations, Regulations depositories and clearing in compliance with SEBI
Comments/ suggestions on ‘Consolidated Foreign Direct Investment Policy Circular of 2016’ are invited from stakeholders by 27/01/2017 for consideration.
1) (a) Scheduled Air Transport Service/Domestic Scheduled Passenger Airline -100% for NRIs under Automatic Route. (2) Non-Scheduled Air Transport Service- 100% (3) Helicopter services/ seaplane services requiring DGCA approval – 100%
Foreign investment in ‘Other Financial Services’ activities shall be subject to conditionalities, including minimum capitalization norms, as specified by the concerned Regulator/Government Agency.
An entity engaged in single brand retail trading operating through brick and mortar stores, is permitted to undertake retail trading through e-commerce.
On a review, in consultation with the Government of India, it has been decided to allow foreign investment up to 100% under the automatic route in ‘Other Financial Services’.
The Government of India has reviewed the extant FDI policy on various sectors and made following amendments in the Consolidated FDI Policy Circular of 2016 issued on June 07, 2016 (FDI Policy).
Press Information Officer, Press Information Bureau- for giving wide publicity to the above circular. 2. NIC, DIPP for uploading the Circular on DIPP’s website. 3. Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi.
(i) Persons resident outside India can invest in the capital of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) registered with Reserve Bank, up to 49% on the automatic route, and beyond 49% on the Government route. (ii) No sponsor may hold more than 50% of the shareholding in an ARC either by way of FDI or by routing it through an FII/FPI controlled by the single sponsor.
As per the FDI policy, contained in the `Consolidated FDI Policy Circular 2015′ (FDI Policy) as amended from time to time, FDI up to 100% under automatic route is permitted in Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce. No FDI is permitted in Business to Consumer (B2C) e-commerce. However, FDI in B2C e-commerce is permitted in following circumstances:
