<h1>Total foreign investment calculation clarified to standardise approval requirements and facilitate greater foreign capital inflows.</h1> Press Note 2 (2009 Series) and Press Note 4 (2009 Series) set uniform guidelines for calculation of total foreign investment and downstream investment by Investing Indian Companies, clarifying that Investing companies and companies neither investing nor operating require prior Government/FIPB approval for foreign infusion, while Operating and Operating-cum-Investing companies need only meet sectoral entry routes, conditionalities and caps, with the stated aim of simplifying compliance and facilitating greater foreign capital inflows.