<h1>Foreign direct investment policy: NRIs and NRIs owned foreign entities now treated at par for investment into India.</h1> The government affirms a liberal FDI regime with most sectors open under the automatic route and clarifies that investments by NRIs under Schedule 4 of the FEMA Regulations are deemed domestic. Special dispensation for NRI investment in construction development and civil aviation has been extended to foreign companies, trusts and partnership firms that are owned and controlled by NRIs, which will be treated at par with NRIs for investment into India.