Foreign Direct Investment rules set entry routes, sectoral caps, prohibited activities and mandatory reporting requirements for overseas investors. Foreign investment under FEMA is effected via the Automatic Route (no prior approval) or Government Route (prior FIPB/Government approval) and is subject to sectoral caps, prohibited activities, investor eligibility rules (including special treatment for NRIs, PIOs, OCBs and investors from Nepal/Bhutan) and permitted instruments (equity, fully mandatorily convertible debentures/preference shares). The circular prescribes pricing/valuation norms, strict timelines for issuing shares after receipt of consideration, extensive reporting in specified forms (Advance Reporting Form, FC-GPR, FC-TRS), KYC and documentation requirements, conditions for transfers and remittances, conversion of ECB/royalty/imports into equity, and rules for immovable property acquisition and establishment/closure of foreign offices in India.
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Foreign Direct Investment rules set entry routes, sectoral caps, prohibited activities and mandatory reporting requirements for overseas investors.
Foreign investment under FEMA is effected via the Automatic Route (no prior approval) or Government Route (prior FIPB/Government approval) and is subject to sectoral caps, prohibited activities, investor eligibility rules (including special treatment for NRIs, PIOs, OCBs and investors from Nepal/Bhutan) and permitted instruments (equity, fully mandatorily convertible debentures/preference shares). The circular prescribes pricing/valuation norms, strict timelines for issuing shares after receipt of consideration, extensive reporting in specified forms (Advance Reporting Form, FC-GPR, FC-TRS), KYC and documentation requirements, conditions for transfers and remittances, conversion of ECB/royalty/imports into equity, and rules for immovable property acquisition and establishment/closure of foreign offices in India.
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