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The Centre has not closed the window for issuing warrants and partly-paid shares to non-residents even as the recently announced consolidated FDI policy framework excluded these instruments from the definition of “capital”, a senior Government official said.
The government has decided to allow Indian companies to freely enter into share-swap deals with foreign firms to facilitate cross-border mergers and acquisitions, provided such deals are consistent with the country’s policy on foreign direct investment (FDI).
The industry ministry today said it will come out with a definition of ”group company” soon, a clarification that would help global companies like Wal-Mart to begin operations without violating norms. “We are working on a clarification.
FOREIGN investors will be required to give a commitment that they will not do anything detrimental to India’s interest as the government looks to tighten scrutiny of foreign direct investment, but experts say the regulation is not so innocuous. The department of industrial policy and promotion or DIPP, the key government body for policy on foreign direct investments, has initiated discussions with concerned ministries including finance, law, home, and the RBI.
The government will consider changes in rules to allow 100% foreign owned and well capitalised non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to set up subsidiaries, removing the curbs introduced by the foreign direct investment guidelines issued last year. The Reserve Bank of India will work out the details of the changes, a government official told.
Attention of Authorized Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 22 dated December 7, 2000,A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 02 dated July 27, 2001 and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 49 dated June 4, 2002 in terms of which it was advised that remittance in any form towards participation in lottery schemes are prohibited under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.
A leading NRI group on Tuesday asked India to reconsider new rules that require them to surrender their Indian passports within 90 days upon acquisition of US citizenship, arguing these bring “undue and unnecessary” burden on the community.
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on May 7, 2010, Government has approved 24 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to Rs. 1412.19 Crore approximately.
Recently, the Government of India released the consolidated policy framework for Foreign Direct Investment (‘FDI’) in India. This policy framework contained in Circular No. 1 of 2010 is effective from 1 April 2010. The underlying rationale of the Circular is to promote FDI through a policy framework that is transparent, predictable, simple and clear and which reduces regulatory burden.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a Notification no. FEMA 205/2010-RB dated 7 April 2010 which has amended the pricing norms for issue of shares by an Indian company to a person resident outside India. This Notification comes into force from date of its publication in the Official Gazette i.e. 21 April 2010.
