The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved increase in foreign investment from the current approved level of 62% to 74% of the total paid up share capital of the Axis Bank on a fully fungible basis. The foreign investment will be by way of Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) / Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) / Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Foreign Director Investment covering ADRs / GDRs and Indirect Foreign Investment.

With the approval, foreign direct investment to the tune of ₹ 12,973.14 crore will be received in the country with an estimated creation of 6000 to 7000 jobs over the next three years.

Foreign investment limit increased in Axis Bank enabling broader FDI inflows and permitting multiple investor routes. Increase of foreign investment limit in Axis Bank from 62% to 74% on a fully fungible basis has been approved, permitting foreign investment by FIIs/FPIs, NRIs, direct instruments such as ADRs/GDRs and indirect foreign investment, and projecting a specified FDI inflow and associated job creation over the next three years.