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....al, technology and skills, for accelerated economic growth. Foreign Direct Investment, as distinguished from portfolio investment, has the connotation of establishing a 'lasting interest' in an enterprise that is resident in an economy other than that of the investor. 1.1.2 The Government has put in place a policy framework on Foreign Direct Investment, which is transparent, predictable and easily comprehensible. This framework is embodied in the Circular on Consolidated FDI Policy, which may be updated every year, to capture and keep pace with the regulatory changes, effected in the interregnum. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India makes policy pronouncements on FDI through Press Notes/Press Releases which are notified by the Reserve Bank of India as amendments to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by Persons Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000 (notification No.FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000). These notifications take effect from the date of issue of Press Notes/ Press Releases, unless specified otherwise therein. In case of any conflic....
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....being authorized under sub-section (a) of section 10 of FEMA to deal in foreign exchange or foreign securities. 2.1.5 'Capital' means equity shares; fully, compulsorily & mandatorily convertible preference shares; fully, compulsorily & mandatorily convertible debentures. Note: Warrants and partly paid shares can be issued to person/(s) resident outside India only after approval through the Government route. 2.1.6 'Capital account transaction' means a transaction which alters the assets or liabilities, including contingent liabilities, outside India of persons resident in India or assets or liabilities in India of persons resident outside India, and includes transactions referred to in sub-section (3) of section 6 of FEMA. 2.1.7 'Control' shall include the right to appoint a majority of the directors or to control the management or policy decisions including by virtue of their shareholding or management rights or shareholders agreements or voting agreements. 2.1.8 'Depository Receipt' (DR) means a negotiable security issued outside India ....
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....x.asp). 2.1.13 'FIPB' means the Foreign Investment Promotion Board constituted by the Government of India. 2.1.14 'Foreign Institutional Investor'(FII) means an entity established or incorporated outside India which proposes to make investment in India and which is registered as a FII in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (Foreign Institutional Investor) Regulations 1995. 2.1.15 'Foreign Portfolio Investor'(FPI) means a person registered in accordance with the provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014, as amended from time to time. 2.1.16 'Foreign Venture Capital Investor' (FVCI) means an investor incorporated and established outside India, which is registered under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Venture Capital Investor) Regulations, 2000 {SEBI(FVCI) Regulations} and proposes to make investment in accordance with these Regulations. 2.1.17 'Government route' means that investment in the capital of resident entities by non-resident entities ca....
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....ent outside India who is a citizen of India or is a person of Indian origin. 2.1.28 A company is considered as 'Owned' by resident Indian citizens if more than 50% of the capital in it is beneficially owned by resident Indian citizens and / or Indian companies, which are ultimately owned and controlled by resident Indian citizens; 2.1.29 'Person' includes- (i) an individual, (ii) a Hindu undivided family, (iii) a company, (iv) a firm, (v) an association of persons or a body of individuals whether incorporated or not, (vi) every artificial juridical person, not falling within any of the preceding sub-clauses, and (vii) any agency, office, or branch owned or controlled by such person. 2.1.30 'Person of Indian Origin' (PIO) means a citizen of any country other than Bangladesh or Pakistan, if (i) he at any time held Indian Passport; or (ii) he or either of his parents or any o....
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....; means the Reserve Bank of India established under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. 2.1.36 'Resident Entity' means 'Person resident in India' excluding an individual. 2.1.37 'Resident Indian Citizen' shall be interpreted in line with the definition of 'person resident in India' as per FEMA, 1999, read in conjunction with the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955. 2.1.38 'SEBI' means the Securities and Exchange Board of India established under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. 2.1.39 'SEZ' means a Special Economic Zone as defined in Special Economic Zone Act, 2005. 2.1.40 'SIA' means Secretariat of Industrial Assistance in DIPP, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. 2.1.41 'Transferable Development Rights' (TDR) means certificates issued in respect of category of land acquired for public purposes either by the Central or State Government in consideration of surrender of land by the owner without monetary compensation, which are transferable in part or whole. 2.1.42 'Ve....
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....ned through a resolution by its Board of Directors followed by a special resolution to that effect by its General Body and subject to prior intimation to RBI. The aggregate FII/FPI/QFI investment, in the FDI and Portfolio Investment Scheme, should be within the above caps. (ii) An Indian company which has issued shares to FIIs/FPIs under the FDI Policy for which the payment has been received directly into company's account should report these figures separately under item no. 5 of Form FC-GPR (Annex-1). (iii) A daily statement in respect of all transactions (except derivative trade) has to be submitted by the custodian bank in floppy/soft copy in the prescribed format directly to RBI and also uploaded directly on the OFRS web site (https://secweb.rbi.org.in/ORFSMainWeb/Login.jsp). 3.1.5 Only registered FIIs/FPIs and NRIs as per Schedules 2, 2A and 3 respectively of Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000, can invest/trade through a registered broker in the capital of Indian Companies on recognised Indian Stock Exchanges. 3.1.6 A SEBI registered ....
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....an company. These limits shall be within FPI aggregate limits. Further, wherever there are composite sectoral caps under the extant FDI policy, these limits for QFI investment in equity shares shall also be within such overall FDI sectoral caps. 3.1.7.3 Dividend payments on equity shares held by QFls can either be directly remitted to the designated overseas bank accounts of the QFIs or credited to the single non-interest bearing Rupee account. 3.2 Entities into which FDI can be made 3.2.1 FDI in an Indian Company Indian companies can issue capital against FDI. 3.2.2 FDI in Partnership Firm/Proprietary Concern (i) A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) or a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) resident outside India can invest in the capital of a firm or a proprietary concern in India on non-repatriation basis provided; (a) Amount is invested by inward remittance or out of NRE/FCNR(B)/NRO account maintained with Authorized Dealers/Authorized banks. (b) The firm or proprietary concern is not engaged in....
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....es' or 'Development of Townships, Housing, Built-up infrastructure and Construction-development projects' etc.). (b) LLPs with FDI will not be allowed to operate in agricultural/plantation activity, print media or real estate business. (c) An Indian company, having FDI, will be permitted to make downstream investment in an LLP only if both-the company, as well as the LLP- are operating in sectors where 100% FDI is allowed, through the automatic route and there are no FDI-linked performance conditions. (d) LLPs with FDI will not be eligible to make any downstream investments. (e) Foreign Capital participation in LLPs will be allowed only by way of cash consideration, received by inward remittance, through normal banking channels or by debit to NRE/FCNR account of the person concerned, maintained with an authorized dealer/authorized bank. (f) Investment in LLPs by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) and Foreign Venture Capital Investors (FVCIs) will not be permitted. LLPs will also not be permitted to avail External Commercial Borrowings (E....
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.... (a) There is a minimum lock-in period of one year which shall be effective from the date of allotment of such capital instruments. (b) After the lock-in period and subject to FDI Policy provisions, if any, the non-resident investor exercising option/right shall be eligible to exit without any assured return, as per pricing/valuation guidelines issued by RBI from time to time. 3.3.2 Other types of Preference shares/Debentures i.e. non-convertible, optionally convertible or partially convertible for issue of which funds have been received on or after May 1, 2007 are considered as debt. Accordingly all norms applicable for ECBs relating to eligible borrowers, recognized lenders, amount and maturity, end-use stipulations, etc. shall apply. Since these instruments would be denominated in rupees, the rupee interest rate will be based on the swap equivalent of London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus the spread as permissible for ECBs of corresponding maturity. 3.3.3 The inward remittance received by the Indian company vide issuance of DRs and FCCBs are treated as FDI and counted towa....
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....scheme has been put in place by the Government of India for ADRs/GDRs. Under this Scheme, a stock broker in India, registered with SEBI, can purchase shares of an Indian company from the market for conversion into ADRs/GDRs based on instructions received from overseas investors. Re-issuance of ADRs/GDRs would be permitted to the extent of ADRs/GDRs which have been redeemed into underlying shares and sold in the Indian market. (ii) Sponsored ADR/GDR issue: An Indian company can also sponsor an issue of ADR/GDR. Under this mechanism, the company offers its resident shareholders a choice to submit their shares back to the company so that on the basis of such shares, ADRs/GDRs can be issued abroad. The proceeds of the ADR/GDR issue are remitted back to India and distributed among the resident investors who had offered their Rupee denominated shares for conversion. These proceeds can be kept in Resident Foreign Currency (Domestic) accounts in India by the resident shareholders who have tendered such shares for conversion into ADRs/GDRs. 3.4 Issue/Transfer of Shares 3.4.1 The capital instruments shoul....
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.... Currency Account, with the prior approval of RBI. 3.4.4 Transfer of shares and convertible debentures (i) Subject to FDI sectoral policy (relating to sectoral caps and entry routes), applicable laws and other conditionalities including security conditions, non resident investors can also invest in Indian companies by purchasing/acquiring existing shares from Indian shareholders or from other non-resident shareholders. General permission has been granted to non- residents/NRIs for acquisition of shares by way of transfer subject to the following: (a) A person resident outside India (other than NRI and erstwhile OCB) may transfer by way of sale or gift, the shares or convertible debentures to any person resident outside India (including NRIs). Government approval is not required for transfer of shares in the investee company from one non-resident to another non-resident in sectors which are under automatic route. In addition, approval of Government will be required for transfer of stake from one non-resident to another non-resident in sectors which are under Government approval route. (b) ....
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....ent from the AD Category-I bank handling the transfer transaction, the KYC check should be carried out by the remittance receiving bank and the KYC report be submitted by the customer to the AD Category-I bank carrying out the transaction along with the Form FC-TRS. (iii) A person resident outside India including a Non-Resident Indian investor who has already acquired and continues to hold the control in accordance with the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeover) Regulations can acquire shares of a listed Indian company on the stock exchange through a registered broker under FDI scheme provided that the original and resultant investments are in line with the extant FDI policy and FEMA regulations in respect of sectoral cap, entry route, mode of payment, reporting requirement, documentation, etc. (iv) Escrow: AD Category-I banks have been given general permission to open Escrow account and Special account of non-resident corporate for open offers/exit offers and delisting of shares. The relevant SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 (SAST) Regulations or any other applicable SEBI R....
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....ree (donee) is eligible to hold such capital instruments under Schedules 1, 4 and 5 of Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time. (b) The gift does not exceed 5 per cent of the paid-up capital of the Indian company/each series of debentures/each mutual fund scheme. (c) The applicable sectoral cap limit in the Indian company is not breached. (d) The transferor (donor) and the proposed transferee (donee) are close relatives as defined in Section 2 (77) of Companies Act, 2013, as amended from time to time. The current list is reproduced in Annex-4. (e) The value of capital instruments to be transferred together with any capital instruments already transferred by the transferor, as gift, to any person residing outside India does not exceed the rupee equivalent of USD 50,000 during the financial year. (f) Such other conditions as stipulated by Reserve Bank in public interest from time to time. (iii) Transfer of shares from NRI to non-resident. 3.4.5.2 In the following cases, appr....
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....al acquisition/SEBI SAST); and (c) Chartered Accountants Certificate to the effect that compliance with the relevant SEBI regulations/guidelines as indicated above is attached to the form FC-TRS to be filed with the AD bank. (iv) where the investee company is in the financial sector provided that: (a) Any 'fit and proper/due diligence' requirements as regards the non-resident investor as stipulated by the respective financial sector regulator, from time to time, have been complied with; and (b) The FDI policy and FEMA regulations in terms of sectoral caps, conditionalities (such as minimum capitalization, pricing, etc.), reporting requirements, documentation etc., are complied with. 3.4.6 Conversion of ECB/Lump sum Fee/Royalty etc. into Equity (i) Indian companies have been granted general permission for conversion of External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) (excluding those deemed as ECB) in convertible foreign currency into equity shares/fully compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares, subject....
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....y/ equipment (excluding second-hand machinery), subject to compliance with the following conditions: (a) Any import of capital goods/machinery etc., made by a resident in India, has to be in accordance with the Export/Import Policy issued by Government of India/as defined by DGFT/FEMA provisions relating to imports. (b) The application clearly indicating the beneficial ownership and identity of the Importer Company as well as overseas entity. (c) Applications complete in all respects, for conversions of import payables for capital goods into FDI being made within 180 days from the date of shipment of goods. (II) pre-operative/pre-incorporation expenses (including payments of rent etc.), subject to compliance with the following conditions: (a) Submission of FIRC for remittance of funds by the overseas promoters for the expenditure incurred. (b) Verification and certification of the pre-incorporation/pre-operative expenses by the statutory auditor. (c) Payments should be made by the foreign investo....
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....and above their rights share entitlements. The investee company can allot the additional rights share out of unsubscribed portion, subject to the condition that the overall issue of shares to non-residents in the total paid-up capital of the company does not exceed the sectoral cap. 3.5.4 Acquisition of shares under Scheme of Merger/Demerger/Amalgamation Mergers/demergers/ amalgamations of companies in India are usually governed by an order issued by a competent Court on the basis of the Scheme submitted by the companies undergoing merger/demerger/amalgamation. Once the scheme of merger or demerger or amalgamation of two or more Indian companies has been approved by a Court in India, the transferee company or new company is allowed to issue shares to the shareholders of the transferor company resident outside India, subject to the conditions that: (i) the percentage of shareholding of persons resident outside India in the transferee or new company does not exceed the sectoral cap, and (ii) the transferor company or the transferee or the new company is not engaged in activities which are prohibited ....
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....k options within 30 days from the date of issue of shares in Form FC-GPR. 3.5.6 Share Swap In cases of investment by way of swap of shares, irrespective of the amount, valuation of the shares will have to be made by a Merchant Banker registered with SEBI or an Investment Banker outside India registered with the appropriate regulatory authority in the host country. Approval of the Government conveyed through Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) will also be a prerequisite for investment by swap of shares. 3.5.7 Pledge of Shares (A) A person being a promoter of a company registered in India (borrowing company), which has raised external commercial borrowings, may pledge the shares of the borrowing company or that of its associate resident companies for the purpose of securing the ECB raised by the borrowing company, provided that a no objection for the same is obtained from a bank which is an authorised dealer. The authorized dealer, shall issue the no objection for such a pledge after having satisfied itself that the external commercial borrowing is in line with the extant FEMA regulations for ECBs and that: ....
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.... in any capital inflow into India; (iv) in case of invocation of pledge, transfer should be in accordance with the FDI policy in vogue at the time of creation of pledge; and (v) submission of a declaration/annual certificate from a Chartered Accountant/ Certified Public Accountant of the non-resident borrower that the loan proceeds will be / have been utilized for the declared purpose. 3.6 Entry Routes for Investment 3.6.1 Investments can be made by non-residents in the equity shares/fully, compulsorily and mandatorily convertible debentures/fully, compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares of an Indian company, through the Automatic Route or the Government Route. Under the Automatic Route, the non-resident investor or the Indian company does not require any approval from Government of India for the investment. Under the Government Route, prior approval of the Government of India is required. Proposals for foreign investment under Government route, are considered by FIPB. 3.6.2 Guidelines for establishment ....
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....p; Caps on Investments 3.7.1 Investments can be made by non-residents in the capital of a resident entity only to the extent of the percentage of the total capital as specified in the FDI policy. The caps in various sector(s) are detailed in Chapter 6 of this Circular. 3.8 Entry Conditions on Investment 3.8.1 Investments by non-residents can be permitted in the capital of a resident entity in certain sectors/activity with entry conditions. Such conditions may include norms for minimum capitalization, lock-in period, etc. The entry conditions in various sectors/activities are detailed in Chapter 6 of this Circular. 3.9 Other Conditions on Investment besides Entry Conditions 3.9.1 Besides the entry conditions on foreign investment, the investment/investors are required to comply with all relevant sectoral laws, regulations, rules, security conditions, and state/local laws/regulations. 3.10 Foreign Investment into/downstream Invest....
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.... owned and/or controlled by resident entity/ies, into another Indian company, would be in accordance/compliance with the relevant sectoral conditions on entry route, conditionalities and caps, with regard to the sectors in which the latter Indian company is operating. Note: Downstream investment/s made by a banking company, as defined in clause (c) of Section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, incorporated in India, which is owned and/or controlled by non-residents/a non-resident entity/non-resident entities, under Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR), or other loan restructuring mechanism, or in trading books, or for acquisition of shares due to defaults in loans, shall not count towards indirect foreign investment. However, their 'strategic downstream investment' shall count towards indirect foreign investment. For this purpose, 'strategic downstream investments' would mean investment by these banking companies in their subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates. 3.10.4.2 Downstream investments by Indian companies will be subject to the following conditions: (i) Such a company is to notify SIA, DIPP and FIPB of its downstr....
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.... 2, 2A, 3, 6 and 8 of FEMA (Transfer or Issue of Security by Persons Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000. 4.1.3 Guidelines for calculation of total foreign investment i.e. direct and indirect foreign investment in an Indian company (i) Counting of direct foreign investment All investment directly by a non-resident entity into the Indian company would be counted towards foreign investment. (ii) Counting of indirect foreign investment (a) The foreign investment through the investing Indian company would not be considered for calculation of the indirect foreign investment in case of Indian companies which are 'owned and controlled' by resident Indian citizens and/or Indian Companies which are owned and controlled by resident Indian citizens . (b) For cases where condition (a) above is not satisfied or if the investing company is owned or controlled by 'non-resident entities', the entire investment by the investing company into the subject Indian Company would be considered as indirect foreign investmen....
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....t the time of seeking approval. (b) In any sector/activity, where Government approval is required for foreign investment and in cases where there are any inter-se agreements between/amongst shareholders which have an effect on the appointment of the Board of Directors or on the exercise of voting rights or of creating voting rights disproportionate to shareholding or any incidental matter thereof, such agreements will have to be informed to the approving authority. The approving authority will consider such inter-se agreements for determining ownership and control when considering the case for approval of foreign investment. (c) In all sectors attracting sectoral caps, the balance equity i.e. beyond the sectoral foreign investment cap, would specifically be beneficially owned by/held with/in the hands of resident Indian citizens and Indian companies, owned and controlled by resident Indian citizens. (d) In the I& B sector where the sectoral cap is less than 49%, the company would need to be 'owned and controlled' by resident Indian citizens and Indian companies, which are owned and controlled b....
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....direct foreign investment therefore does not apply to the Insurance Sector which will continue to be governed by the relevant Regulation. 4.1.5 Any foreign investment already made in accordance with the guidelines in existence prior to February 13, 2009 (date of issue of Press Note 2 of 2009) would not require any modification to conform to these guidelines. All other investments, past and future, would come under the ambit of these new guidelines. Chapter 5: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) 5.1 Constitution of FIPB 5.1.1 FIPB comprises of the following Secretaries to the Government of India: (i) Secretary to Government, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance - Chairperson (ii) Secretary to Government, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry (iii) Secretary to Government, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry (iv) Secretary to Government, Economic Relations, Ministry of External Affairs ....
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....olicy is not required for any other reason/purpose. (iv) Additional foreign investment into the same entity within an approved foreign equity percentage/or into a wholly owned subsidiary. 5.4 Online Filing of Applications for FIPB/Government's Approval 5.4.1 Guidelines for e-filing of applications, filing of amendment applications and instructions to applicants are available at FIPB's website (http://finmin.nic.in/) and (http://fipb.gov.in). Chapter 6: Sector Specific Conditions on FDI 6.1 Prohibited Sectors FDI is prohibited in: (a) Lottery Business including Government/private lottery, online lotteries, etc. (b) Gambling and Betting including casinos etc. (c) Chit funds (d) Nidhi company (e) Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) (f) Real Estate Business or Construction of Farm Houses (g) Manufacturing of cigars, ....
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....s. (ii) Any import of genetically modified materials if required shall be subject to the conditions laid down vide Notifications issued under Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992. (iii) The company shall comply with any other Law, Regulation or Policy governing genetically modified material in force from time to time. (iv) Undertaking of business activities involving the use of genetically engineered cells and material shall be subject to the receipt of approvals from Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) and Review Committee on Genetic Manipulation (RCGM). (v) Import of materials shall be in accordance with National Seeds Policy. II. The term "under controlled conditions" covers the following: (i) 'Cultivation under controlled conditions' for the categories of floriculture, horticulture, cultivation of vegetables and mushrooms is the practice of cultivation wherein rainfall, temperature, solar radiation, air humidity and culture medium are controlled artificially. Control in these parameters may be effected throug....
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....957. 100% Automatic 6.2.3.2 100% Automatic Coal & Lignite (1) Coal & Lignite mining for captive consumption by power projects, iron & steel and cement units and other eligible activities permitted under and subject to the provisions of Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1973. (2) Setting up coal processing plants like washeries subject to the condition that the company shall not do coal mining and shall not sell washed coal or sized coal from its coal processing plants in the open market and shall supply the washed or sized coal to those parties who are supplying raw coal to coal processing plants for washing or sizing. 6.2.3.3 Mining and mineral separation of titanium bearing minerals and ores, its value addition and integrated activities 100% Government 6.2.3.3.1 Mining and mineral separation of titanium bearing minerals & ores, its value addition and integrated activities subject to sectoral regulations and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation Act 1957). 6.2.3.3.2 Other Conditions India has ....
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....(2) The objective is to ensure that the raw material available in the country is utilized for setting up downstream industries and the technology available internationally is also made available for setting up such industries within the country. Thus, if with the technology transfer, the objective of the FDI Policy can be achieved, the conditions prescribed at (i) (A) above shall be deemed to be fulfilled. 6.2.4 Petroleum & Natural Gas Sector/Activity % of Equity/ FDI Cap Entry Route 6.2.4.1 Exploration activities of oil and natural gas fields, infrastructure related to marketing of petroleum products and natural gas, marketing of natural gas and petroleum products, petroleum product pipelines, natural gas/pipelines, LNG Regasification infrastructure, market study and formulation and Petroleum refining in the private sector, subject to the existing sectoral policy and regulatory framework in the oil marketing sector and the policy of the Government on private participation in exploration of oil and the discovered fields of national oil companies. 100% Automatic 6.2.4.2 Petroleum refining by the Public Sector Undertakings (PSU), withou....
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....investee/joint venture company. Portfolio investments will be under automatic route. 6.2.6.2 Other Conditions (i) Licence applications will be considered and licences given by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, in consultation with Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs. (ii) The applicant company seeking permission of the Government for FDI up to 49% should be an Indian company owned and controlled by resident Indian citizens. (iii) The management of the applicant company should be in Indian hands with majority representation on the Board as well as the Chief Executives of the company/partnership firm being resident Indians. (iv) Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the investee/joint venture company should be resident Indian citizen. (v) Full particulars of the Directors and the Chief Executives should be furnished along with the applications. (vi) The Government reserves the right to verify the antecedents of the foreign collaborators and domestic promoters incl....
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....would be for a fixed period and subject to renewals. (xiii) Purchase preference and price preference may be given to the Public Sector organizations as per guidelines of the Department of Public Enterprises. (xiv) The Licensee shall be allowed to sell Defence items to Government entities under the control of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), State Governments, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and other valid Defence Licensed Companies without prior approval of the Department of Defence Production (DoDP). However, for sale of the items to any other entity, the Licensee shall take prior permission from the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence. (xv) All applications seeking permission of the Government for FDI in defence would be made to the Secretariat of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in the Department of Economic Affairs. (xvi) Applications for FDI up to 49% will follow the existing procedure with proposals involving inflows in excess of Rs. 2000 crore being approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). (xvii) ....
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....9; TV Channels/Down-linking of TV Channels 100% Government 6.2.7.3 FDI for Up-linking/Down-linking TV Channels will be subject to compliance with the relevant Up-linking/Down-linking Policy notified by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting from time to time. 6.2.7.4 Foreign investment (FI) in companies engaged in all the aforestated services will be subject to relevant regulations and such terms and conditions, as may be specified from time to time, by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 6.2.7.5 The foreign investment (FI) limit in companies engaged in the aforestated activities shall include, in addition to FDI, investment by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs), Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), Qualified Foreign Investors(QFIs), Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs), American Depository Receipts (ADRs), Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) and convertible preference shares held by foreign entities. 6.2.7.6 Foreign investment in the aforestated broadcasting carriage services will be subject to the following security conditions/terms: Mandatory Requirement for Key Executives of the C....
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.... the permission holder/licensee or foreign personnel being denied or withdrawn for any reasons whatsoever, the permission holder/licensee will ensure that the concerned person resigns or his services terminated forthwith after receiving such directives from the Government, failing which the permission/license granted shall be revoked and the company shall be disqualified to hold any such Permission/license in future for a period of five years. Infrastructure/Network/Software related requirement (vii) The officers/officials of the licensee companies dealing with the lawful interception of services will be resident India citizens. (viii) Details of infrastructure/network diagram (technical details of the network) could be provided, on a need basis only, to equipment suppliers/manufactures and the affiliate of the licensee company. Clearance from the licensor would be required if such information is to be provided to anybody else. (ix) The Company shall not transfer the subscribers' databases to any person/place outside India unless permitted by relevant law. (x) &n....
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....ment or officials of TRAI or its authorized representative(s) in respect of relevant operations/features of their systems. National Security Conditions (xviii) It shall be open to the licensor to restrict the Licensee Company from operating in any sensitive area from the National Security angle. The Government of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting shall have the right to temporarily suspend the permission of the permission holder/Licensee in public interest or for national security for such period or periods as it may direct. The company shall immediately comply with any directives issued in this regard failing which the permission issued shall be revoked and the company disqualified to hold any such permission in future for a period of five years. (xix) The company shall not import or utilize any equipment, which are identified as unlawful and/or render network security vulnerable. Other Conditions (xx) Licensor reserves the right to modify these conditions or incorporate new conditions considered necessary in the interest of national security a....
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....newspapers issued by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on 31.3.2006, as amended from time to time. 6.2.9 Civil Aviation 6.2.9.1 The Civil Aviation sector includes Airports, Scheduled and Non-Scheduled domestic passenger airlines, Helicopter services/Seaplane services, Ground Handling Services, Maintenance and Repair organizations; Flying training institutes; and Technical training institutions. For the purposes of the Civil Aviation sector: (i) "Airport" means a landing and taking off area for aircrafts, usually with runways and aircraft maintenance and passenger facilities and includes aerodrome as defined in clause (2) of section 2 of the Aircraft Act, 1934; (ii) "Aerodrome" means any definite or limited ground or water area intended to be used, either wholly or in part, for the landing or departure of aircraft, and includes all buildings, sheds, vessels, piers and other structures thereon or pertaining thereto; (iii) "Air transport service" means a service for the transport by air of persons, mails or any other thing, animate or inanimate, for any kind o....
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....for NRIs) Automatic up to 49% Government route beyond 49% and up to 74% (3)Helicopter services/seaplane services requiring DGCA approval 100% Automatic 6.2.9.3.1 Other Conditions (a) Air Transport Services would include Domestic Scheduled Passenger Airlines; Non-Scheduled Air Transport Services, helicopter and seaplane services. (b) Foreign airlines are allowed to participate in the equity of companies operating Cargo airlines, helicopter and seaplane services, as per the limits and entry routes mentioned above. (c) Foreign airlines are also allowed to invest in the capital of Indian companies, operating scheduled and non-scheduled air transport services, up to the limit of 49% of their paid-up capital. Such investment would be subject to the following conditions: (i) It would be made under the Government approval route. (ii) The 49% limit will subsume FDI and FII/FPI investment. (iii) The investments so made would need to comply with the relevant regulations of SEBI, such as the Issue of Capital and Dis....
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....development projects (which would include development of townships, construction of residential/commercial premises, roads or bridges, hotels, resorts, hospitals, educational institutions, recreational facilities, city and regional level infrastructure, townships) 100% Automatic 6.2.11.2 Investment will be subject to the following conditions: (A) Minimum area to be developed under each project would be as under: (i) In case of development of serviced plots, no minimum land area requirement. (ii) In case of construction-development projects, a minimum floor area of 20,000 sq. meter. (B) Investee company will be required to bring minimum FDI of US$ 5 million within six months of commencement of the project. The commencement of the project will be the date of approval of the building plan/lay out plan by the relevant statutory authority. Subsequent tranches of FDI can be brought till the period of ten years from the commencement of the project or before the completion of project, whichever expires earlier. (C) (i) The investor will be permitted to exit....
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....creational facilities, city and regional level infrastructure, townships. (ii) The conditions at (A) to (C) above, will not apply to Hotels &Tourist Resorts, Hospitals, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Educational Institutions, Old Age Homes and investment by NRIs. (iii) The conditions at (A) and (B) above, will also not apply to investee/joint venture companies which commit at least 30 percent of the total project cost for low cost affordable housing. (iv) An Indian company, which is the recipient of FDI, shall procure a certificate from an architect empanelled by any Authority, authorized to sanction building plan to the effect that the minimum floor area requirement has been fulfilled. (v) 'Floor area' will be defined as per the local laws/regulations of the respective State governments/Union territories. (vi) Completion of the project will be determined as per the local bye-laws/rules and other regulations of State Governments. (vii) Project using at least 40% of the FAR/FSI for dwelling unit of floor area of not more than 140 square meter will be ....
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....nbsp; in the case of a combination of developed land and built-up space- the net site and floor area available for allocation to the units excluding the site area and built up space utilized for providing common facilities. (v) "Industrial Activity" means manufacturing; electricity; gas and water supply; post and telecommunications; software publishing, consultancy and supply; data processing, database activities and distribution of electronic content; other computer related activities; basic and applied R&D on bio-technology, pharmaceutical sciences/life sciences, natural sciences and engineering; business and management consultancy activities; and architectural, engineering and other technical activities. 6.2.12.2 FDI in Industrial Parks would not be subject to the conditionalities applicable for construction development projects etc. spelt out in para 6.2.11 above, provided the Industrial Parks meet with the under-mentioned conditions: (i) it would comprise of a minimum of 10 units and no single unit shall occupy more than 50% of the allocable area; (ii) the minimum percentage of the area to be allocated ....
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....e the type of customers to whom the sale is made and not the size and volume of sales. Wholesale trading would include resale, processing and thereafter sale, bulk imports with ex-port/ex-bonded warehouse business sales and B2B e-Commerce. 6.2.16.1.2 Guidelines for Cash & Carry Wholesale Trading/Wholesale Trading (WT): (a) For undertaking WT, requisite licenses/registration/permits, as specified under the relevant Acts/Regulations/Rules/Orders of the State Government/Government Body/Government Authority/Local Self-Government Body under that State Government should be obtained. (b) Except in case of sales to Government, sales made by the wholesaler would be considered as 'cash & carry wholesale trading/wholesale trading' with valid business customers, only when WT are made to the following entities: (I) Entities holding sales tax/VAT registration/service tax/excise duty registration; or (lI) Entities holding trade licenses i.e. a license/registration certificate/membership certificate/registration under Shops and Establishment Act, issued by a Government Authority/G....
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....ourcing of goods from India, and enhancing competitiveness of Indian enterprises through access to global designs, technologies and management practices. (2) FDI in Single Brand product retail trading would be subject to the following conditions: (a) Products to be sold should be of a 'Single Brand' only. (b) Products should be sold under the same brand internationally i.e. products should be sold under the same brand in one or more countries other than India. (c) 'Single Brand' product-retail trading would cover only products which are branded during manufacturing. (d) A non-resident entity or entities, whether owner of the brand or otherwise, shall be permitted to undertake 'single brand' product retail trading in the country for the specific brand, directly or through a legally tenable agreement with the brand owner for undertaking single brand product retail trading. The onus for ensuring compliance with this condition will rest with the Indian entity carrying out single-brand product retail trading in India. The investing entity shall provide evidence to this effect at the t....
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....ivity % of Equity/FDI Cap Entry Route Multi Brand Retail Trading 51% Government (1) FDI in multi brand retail trading, in all products, will be permitted, subject to the following conditions: (i) Fresh agricultural produce, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, grains, pulses, fresh poultry, fishery and meat products, may be unbranded. (ii) Minimum amount to be brought in, as FDI, by the foreign investor, would be US $ 100 million. (iii) At least 50% of total FDI brought in the first tranche of US $ 100 million, shall be invested in 'back-end infrastructure' within three years, where 'back-end infrastructure' will include capital expenditure on all activities, excluding that on front-end units; for instance, back-end infrastructure will include investment made towards processing, manufacturing, distribution, design improvement, quality control, packaging, logistics, storage, warehouse, agriculture market produce infrastructure etc. Expenditure on land cost and rentals, if any, will not be counted for purposes of backend infrastructure. Subsequent investment in backend infrastructure woul....
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....I in MBRT under this policy. The list of States/Union Territories which have conveyed their agreement is at (2) below. Such agreement, in future, to permit establishment of retail outlets under this policy, would be conveyed to the Government of India through the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion and additions would be made to the list at (2) below accordingly. The establishment of the retail sales outlets will be in compliance of applicable State/Union Territory laws/regulations, such as the Shops and Establishments Act etc. (ix) Retail trading, in any form, by means of e-commerce, would not be permissible, for companies with FDI, engaged in the activity of multi-brand retail trading. (x) Applications would be processed in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, to determine whether the proposed investment satisfies the notified guidelines, before being considered by the FIPB for Government approval. (2) List of States/Union Territories as mentioned in Paragraph 6.2.16.4(1)(viii) 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Assam 3. Delhi 4. Haryana 5. Himachal Pradesh 6. Jammu & Kashm....
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....ingle sponsor. (iii) The total shareholding of an individual FII/FPI shall be below 10% of the total paid-up capital. (iv) FIIs/FPIs can invest in the Security Receipts (SRs) issued by ARCs registered with Reserve Bank. FIIs/FPIs can invest up to 74 per cent of each tranche of scheme of SRs. Such investment should be within the FII/FPI limit on corporate bonds prescribed from time to time, and sectoral caps under extant FDI Regulations should also be complied with. (v) All investments would be subject to provisions of section 3(3) (f) of Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002. 6.2.18.2 Banking- Private Sector Sector/Activity % of Equity/FDI Cap Entry Route 6.2.18.2.1 Banking- Private Sector 74% including investment by FIIs/FPIs Automatic up to 49% Government route beyond 49% and up to 74%. 6.2.18.2.2 Other Conditions (1) This 74% limit will include investment under the Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) by FIIs/FPIs, NRIs and shares acquired prior to September 16, 2003 by erstwhile OCBs, and continue to include I....
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....2 above as applicable. (e) The policies and procedures prescribed from time to time by RBI and other institutions such as SEBI, D/o Company Affairs and IRDAI on these matters will continue to apply. (f) RBI guidelines relating to acquisition by purchase or otherwise of shares of a private bank, if such acquisition results in any person owning or controlling 5 per cent or more of the paid up capital of the private bank will apply to non-resident investors as well. (ii) Setting up of a subsidiary by foreign banks (a) Foreign banks will be permitted to either have branches or subsidiaries but not both. (b) Foreign banks regulated by banking supervisory authority in the home country and meeting Reserve Bank's licensing criteria will be allowed to hold 100 per cent paid up capital to enable them to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in India. (c) A foreign bank may operate in India through only one of the three channels viz., (i) branches (ii) a wholly-owned subsidiary and (iii) a subsidiary with aggregate foreign investment up to a maximum of 74 per cent in a ....
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.... "recognized association" means an association to which recognition for the time being has been granted by the Central Government under Section 6 of the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952 (iii) "Association" means any body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, constituted for the purposes of regulating and controlling the business of the sale or purchase of any goods and commodity derivative. (iv) "Forward contract" means a contract for the delivery of goods and which is not a ready delivery contract. (v) "Commodity derivative" means- • a contract for delivery of goods, which is not a ready delivery contract; or • a contract for differences which derives its value from prices or indices of prices of such underlying goods or activities, services, rights, interests and events, as may be notified in consultation with the Forward Markets Commission by the Central Government, but does not include securities. Sector/Activity % of Equity/ FDI Cap Entry Route 6.2.18.4.2 Commodity Exchange 49% (FDI + FII/FPI) [Investment by Registered FII/FPI under Portfolio Inves....
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....ors (iv) Surveyors and Loss Assessors (v) Other Insurance Intermediaries appointed under the provisions of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999) 49% {FDI+FPI(FII,QFI)+NRI +FVCI+DR} Automatic up to 26% Government route beyond 26% and up to 49% 6.2.18.7.2 Other Conditions (a) No Indian insurance company shall allow the aggregate holdings by way of total foreign investment in its equity shares by foreign investors, including portfolio investors, to exceed forty-nine percent of the paid up equity capital of such Indian insurance company. (b) Foreign direct investment proposals which take the total foreign investment in the Indian insurance company above 26 percent and up to the cap of 49 percent shall be under Government route. (c) Foreign investment in the sector is subject to compliance of the provisions of the Insurance Act, 1938 and the condition that Companies bringing in FDI shall obtain necessary license from the Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India for undertaking insurance activities. (d) An Indian insurance company shall ensure....
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....Cap Entry Route 6.2.18.8.1 Foreign investment in NBFC is allowed under the automatic route in only the following activities: (i) Merchant Banking (ii) Under Writing (iii) Portfolio Management Services (iv) Investment Advisory Services (v) Financial Consultancy (vi) Stock Broking (vii) Asset Management (viii) Venture Capital (ix) Custodian Services (x) Factoring (xi) Credit Rating Agencies (xii) Leasing & Finance (xiii) Housing Finance (xiv) Forex Broking (xv) Credit Card Business (xvi) Money Changing Business (xvii) Micro Credit (xviii) Rural Credit 100% Automatic 6.2.18.8.2 Other Conditions (1) Investment would be subject to the following minimum capitalisation norms: (i) US $ 0.5 million for foreign capital up to 51% to be brought upfront. (ii) US $ 5 million for foreign capital more than 51% and up to 75% to be brought upfront. (iii) US $ 50 million for foreign capital more than 75% out of which US $ 7.5 million to be brought upfront and the balance in 24 months. (iv) NBFCs (i) h....
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....cial circumstances with the approval of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board. (ii) The prospective investor and the prospective investee are required to provide a certificate along with the FIPB application as per Annex-10. (iii) Government may incorporate appropriate conditions for FDI in brownfield cases, at the time of granting approval. Note: i. FDI up to 100%, under the automatic route is permitted for manufacturing of medical devices. The abovementioned conditions will, therefore, not be applicable to greenfield as well as brownfield projects of this industry. ii. Medical device means- a. any instrument, apparatus, appliance, implant, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software, intended by its manufacturer to be used specially for human beings or animals for one or more of the specific purposes of- (aa) diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of any disease or disorder; (ab) diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of, or assistance for, any injury or hand....
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....asset' governed by The Foreign Exchange Management (Remittance of Assets) Regulations, 2000 under FEMA. (ii) AD Category-I bank can allow the remittance of sale proceeds of a security (net of applicable taxes) to the seller of shares resident outside India, provided the security has been held on repatriation basis, the sale of security has been made in accordance with the prescribed guidelines and NOC/tax clearance certificate from the Income Tax Department has been produced. (iii) Remittance on winding up/liquidation of Companies AD Category-I banks have been allowed to remit winding up proceeds of companies in India, which are under liquidation, subject to payment of applicable taxes. Liquidation may be subject to any order issued by the court winding up the company or the official liquidator in case of voluntary winding up under the provisions of the Companies Act, , as applicable. AD Category-I banks shall allow the remittance provided the applicant submits: a. No objection or Tax clearance certificate from Income Tax Department for the remittance. b. Auditor's....
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....on: An Indian company issuing partly paid equity shares, shall furnish a report not later than 30 days from the date of receipt of each call payment. 7.2.2 Reporting of issue of shares (i) After issue of shares (including bonus and shares issued on rights basis and shares issued under ESOP)/fully, mandatorily & compulsorily convertible debentures/fully, mandatorily & compulsorily convertible preference shares, the Indian company has to file Form FC-GPR, enclosed in Annex-1, not later than 30 days from the date of issue of shares. (ii) Form FC-GPR has to be duly filled up and signed by Managing Director/Director/Secretary of the Company and submitted to the Authorized Dealer of the company, who will forward it to the Reserve Bank. The following documents have to be submitted along with the form: (a) A certificate from the Company Secretary of the company certifying that: (A) all the requirements of the Companies Act, as applicable, have been complied with; (B) terms and conditions of the Government's approval, if any, have been co....
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....-TRS (Annex 8). The Form FC-TRS should be submitted to the AD Category-I bank, within 60 days from the date of receipt of the amount of consideration. The onus of submission of the Form FC-TRS within the given timeframe would be on the transferor/transferee, resident in India. However, in cases where the NR investor, including an NRI, acquires shares on the stock exchanges under the FDI scheme, the investee company would have to file form FC-TRS with the AD Category-I bank. The AD Category-I bank, would forward the same to its link office. The link office would consolidate the Form FC-TRS and submit a monthly report to the Reserve Bank. 7.2.4 Reporting of Non-Cash Details of issue of shares against conversion of ECB have to be reported to the Regional Office concerned of the RBI, as indicated below: (i) In case of full conversion of ECB into equity, the company shall report the conversion in Form FC-GPR to the Regional Office concerned of the Reserve Bank as well as in Form ECB-2 to the Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM), Reserve Bank of India, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai- 400 051, within seven....
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....f any rule, direction or order made there under is a company (company means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals as defined in the Companies Act), every person who, at the time the contravention was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the contravention and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (iii) Any Adjudicating Authority adjudging any contraventions under 7.3.1(i), may, if he thinks fit in addition to any penalty which he may impose for such contravention direct that any currency, security or any other money or property in respect of which the contravention has taken place shall be confiscated to the Central Government. 7.3.2 Adjudication and Appeals (i) For the purpose of adjudication of any contravention of FEMA, the Ministry of Finance as per the provisions contained in the Foreign Exchange Management (Adjudication Proceedings and Appeal) Rules, 2000 appoints officers of the Central Government as th....
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....ties involved in the transaction shall comply with the guidelines set out below. 1.2 Parties involved in the transaction are (a) seller (resident/non-resident), (b) buyer (resident/non-resident), (c) duly authorized agent/s of the seller and/or buyer, (d) Authorised Dealer bank (AD) branch and (e) Indian company, for recording the transfer of ownership in its books. 2. Pricing Guidelines 2.1 The under noted pricing guidelines are applicable to the following types of transactions: i. Transfer of shares by way of sale under private arrangement by a person resident in India to a person resident outside India. ii. Transfer of shares by way of sale under private arrangement by a person resident outside India to a person resident in India. iii. Exit by non-resident investor on exercising option/right in shares or compulsorily & mandatorily convertible preference shares or fully, compulsorily & mandatorily convertible debentures. 2.2 Transfer by Resident to Non-resident (i.e. to foreign national, NRI, FII, FPI and incorporated non-resident entity other tha....
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....se the buyer is a FII,FPI, payment should be made by debit to its Special Non-Resident Rupee Account. In case the buyer is a NRI, the payment may be made by way of debit to his NRE/FCNR (B) accounts. However, if the shares are acquired on non-repatriation basis by NRI, the consideration shall be remitted to India through normal banking channel or paid out of funds held in NRE/FCNR (B)/NRO accounts. 4.2. The sale proceeds of shares (net of taxes) sold by a person resident outside India may be remitted outside India. In case of FII/FPI, the sale proceeds may be credited to its special Non-Resident Rupee Account. In case of NRI, if the shares sold were held on repatriation basis, the sale proceeds (net of taxes) may be credited to his NRE /FCNR(B) accounts and if the shares sold were held on non repatriation basis, the sale proceeds may be credited to his NRO account subject to payment of taxes. 4.3 The sale proceeds of shares (net of taxes) sold by an OCB may be remitted outside India directly if the shares were held on repatriation basis and if the shares sold were held on non-repatriation basis, the sale proceeds may be credited to its NRO (Current) Account subjec....
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....s are being transferred and the price at which shares are being transferred. ii. Where the Consent Letter has been signed by their duly appointed agent the Power of Attorney Document authorizing the agent to purchase/sell shares by the seller/buyer. In case there is no formal Sale Agreement, letters exchanged to this effect may be kept on record. iii. If the sellers are NRIs/OCBs, the copies of RBI approvals evidencing the shares held by them on repatriation/non-repatriation basis. The sale proceeds shall be credited NRE/NRO account, as applicable. iv. Certificate indicating fair value of shares from a Chartered Accountant. v. No Objection / Tax Clearance Certificate from Income Tax authority/Chartered Account. vi. Undertaking from the buyer to the effect that the Pricing Guidelines have been adhered to. 6. Reporting requirements 6.1 Reporting of transfer of shares between residents and non-residents and vice versa is to be done in Form FC-TRS. The Form FC-TRS should be submitted to the AD Category-I bank, within ....
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....ported in Form LEC by the designated bank of the FII/FPI concerned. 6.6 Shares/convertible debentures of Indian companies purchased under Portfolio Investment Scheme by NRIs, OCBs cannot be transferred, by way of sale under private arrangement. 6.7 On receipt of statements from the AD, the Reserve Bank may call for such additional details or give such directions as required from the transferor/transferee or their agents, if need be. Annex- 3 Documents to be submitted by a person resident in India for transfer of shares to a person resident outside India by way of gift i. Name and address of the transferor (donor) and the transferee (donee). ii. Relationship between the transferor and the transferee. iii. Reasons for making the gift. iv. In case of Government dated securities and treasury bills and bonds, a certificate issued by a Chartered Accountant on the market value of such security. v. In case of units of domestic mutual funds and units of Money Market Mutual Funds, a certificate from the issuer on the Net As....
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....r any Unique No. certifying the bonafides of the remitter as prevalent in the remitter's country We confirm that all the information furnished above is true and accurate as provided by the overseas remitting bank of the non-resident investor. (Signature of the Authorised Official of the AD bank receiving the remittance) Date : Place: Stamp : Annex - 10 Certificate to be Furnished by the Prospective Investor as well as the Prospective Recipient Entity (Para 6.2.19.3 (ii)) It is certified that the following is the complete list of all inter-se agreements, including the shareholders agreement, entered into between foreign investor(s) and investee brownfield pharmaceutical entity 1. .................. 2. ................... 3. ................... (copies of all agreements to be enclosed) It is also certified that none of the inter-se agreements, including the shareholders agreement, entered into between foreign investor(s) and investee brownfield pharmaceutical entity contain any non-compete clause in any form whatsoever. It is further certified that there are no other co....
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....whether 1. Individual 2. Company (Please specify if erstwhile OCB) 3. FII 4. FVCI# 5. Foreign Trust 6. Private Equity Fund 7. Pension / Provident Fund 8. Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF)4 9. Partnership / Proprietorship Firm 10. Financial Institution 11. NRIS/PIO 12. Others (please specify)] Date of incorporation: * If there is more than one foreign investor/collaborator, separate Annex may be included for items 3 and 4 of the Form. 2 SWF means a Government investment vehicle which is funded by foreign exchange assets, and which manages those assets separately from the official reserves of the monetary authorities. # The investment/s is/are made by FVCI under FDI Scheme in terms of Schedule I to Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000. 86 87 4 (a) (b) Particulars of Shares / Convertible Debentures /others Issued Nature and date of issue Nature of issue 01 IPO/FPO 02 Preferential allotment / private placement 03 Rights 04 Bonus 05 Conversion of ECB 06 Conversion of royalty 07 (including lump sum payments) Conversion against import ....
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....n No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000. 89 68 % No. of shares Amount Value) Rs. (Face DECLARATION TO BE FILED BY THE AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDIAN COMPANY: (Delete whichever is not applicable and authenticate) We hereby declare that: 1. We comply with the procedure for issue of shares / convertible debentures as laid down under the FDI scheme as indicated in Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000, as amended from time to time. 2. The investment is within the sectoral cap / statutory ceiling permissible under the Automatic Route of RBI and we fulfil all the conditions laid down for investments under the Automatic Route namely (strike off whichever is not applicable). a) Shares issued on rights basis to non-residents are in conformity with Regulation 6 of the RBI Notification No FEMA 20/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000, as amended from time to time. OR b) Shares issued are bonus. OR c) Shares have been issued under a scheme of merger and amalgamation of two or more Indian companies or reconstruction by way of de-merger or otherwise of an Indian company, duly approved by a court in India....
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....ny has all original certificates issued by AD Category - I banks in India, evidencing receipt of amount of consideration in accordance with paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000. (Name & Signature of the Company Secretary) (Seal) FOR USE OF THE RESERVE BANK ONLY: Registration Number for the FC-GPR: Unique Identification Number allotted to the Company at the time of reporting receipt of remittance 5 If the submitted company doesn't have full time Company Secretary, a certificate from practicing Company Secretary may be 22 92 Document 2 Annex - 5 Report by the Indian company receiving amount of consideration for issue of shares / Convertible debentures under the FDI Scheme ( To be filed by the company through its Authorised Dealer Category-l bank, with the Regional Office of the Reserve Bank under whose jurisdiction the Registered Office of the company making the declaration is situated, not later than 30 days from the date of receipt of the amount of consideration, as specified in para 9 (l) (A) of Schedule I to Notification No. FEMA 20/2000- RB dated May 3, 2000) Permanent ....
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....April - March) (Y/N)? If yes, please specify the Company's old Name Company's old Name: Effective Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 8. Whether the Company is listed (Y/N)? If yes, please furnish the share price on closing date of reference period Ordinary/Equity Share Face Value (Per Share) Latest March Market Value (Per Share) Previous March Latest March of 102 9. Identification of the reporting Company (in terms of inward FDI) (a) Subsidiary of Foreign entity (c) Public Private Partnership (b) Associate of foreign entity (d) Special Purpose Vehicle (e) Other 10. Whether the Company is Asset Management Company (Y/N)? 11. Whether the Company has Technical Foreign collaboration (Y/N)? 12. Whether the company has any business activity during the latest financial year (April - March) (Y/N)? Section II (Financial Details) Block 1: Financial Detail of Reporting Company CARE: Information should be reported for all the reference period, i.e. Previous March and Latest March. If reporting period is different from Account Closing Period, then information should be given on internal assessment basis for the reference perio....
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....y (i.e. If reporting Indian company is subsidiary of Foreign company). Item 5.1 Domestic Sales Amount in Rs lakh (During the year) Previous Year (April-March) Latest Year (April-March) 104 5.2 Exports 5.3 Total Sales ( = 5.1+ 5.2) 5.4 Domestic purchase 5.5 Imports 5.6 Total Purchase ( = 5.4 + 5.5) Section III (FOREIGN LIABILITIES) CARE: Information should be reported for all the reference period, i.e. Previous March and Latest March. If Account Closing Period of the company is different from reference period, then information should be reported on internal assessment basis for the reference period. 2. Investments made in India: (i) In case of listed companies, equity should be valued using share price on closing date of reference period. (ii) In case of unlisted companies, Own Fund of Book Value (OFBV) Method should be used for equity valuation. Block-2A: Investment in India under Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) scheme (10% or more Equity Participation). [Please furnish here the outstanding investments made under the FDI Scheme in India by Non-resident Direct investors, who were individually holding 10....
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....participating share capital, other accounts receivable and payables etc.) of Indian reporting company with non-resident investors holding less than 10 per cent equity and related parties. Block2C. Portfolio Investment in India Please furnish here the outstanding investments by non-resident investors, other than those made under Foreign Direct Investment Scheme in India (i.e. other than those reported in Block-2A & Block- 2B). Portfolio Investment Equity & Participating Preference share capital holding per Amount in Rs lakh as at the end of cent as at the end of latest year (%) Previous March Latest March 1.0 Equity Securities (at Market Value) 106 2.0 Debt Securities (=2.1+2.2) 2.1 Money Market Instruments (original maturity upto 1 year) 2.2 Bonds and Other instruments (original maturity more than 1 year) Please ensure that Non-resident Equity & Participating Preference share capital mentioned at item 2.1 of block 1(A) should be reported in either Block-2A or Block-2B or Block-2C at Market Value i.e. sum of equity % in Block-2A, Block-2B & Block-2C must be equal to the item 3.0 of Block-1A for....
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....s March Latest March Note: 22 Liabilities to Direct Investment Enterprise Non- (i) If the information is to be furnished for more than one overseas company, then ADD separate Block 3 and Block 4A with the same format. (ii) #: Other capital, item 2.1 & 2.2 of Block-4A includes all other liabilities and claims at Nominal value, except equity shares, (i.e. trade credit, loan, debentures, participating share capital, other accounts receivable and payables etc.) of Indian reporting company with its DIE reported in Block-4A. Block-4B: Direct Investment Abroad (Less than 10% equity holding) Please furnish here the market value of outstanding investments in DIE, made by your company under the ODI Scheme, in each of which your company hold less than 10 % equity shares on the reference date. Type of Capital 1.0 Equity Capital (=1.1-1.2) 1. 1Claims on Direct Investment Enterprise 1.2 Liabilities to Direct Investment Enterprise (Reverse investment) Country of non- resident DIE Equity holding per cent as at the end of latest year (%) Amount in Rs lakh as at the end of Previous March Latest March 108 ....
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....ding Liabilities with foreign unrelated party Other Investment Outstanding claims on foreign unrelated party Amount in Rs lakh as at the end of Previous March Latest March Previous March Latest March 6.1 Trade Credit 6.2 Loans 6. 3 Currency & Deposits 6. 4 Other receivable and payable accounts [e-Form version of this Return is available on the FEMA Forms section under the 'Forms' category on the RBI website (www.rbi.org.in). System Requirement: MS- Excel 2003 and above, with macro enabled] Place: Signature and Name of the Authorized person Date: Seal/Stamp of the Company 110 Document 4 Form FC-TRS Annex - 8 Declaration regarding transfer of shares / compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares (CMCPS) / debentures /others by way of sale from resident to nonresident / non-resident to resident (to be submitted to the designated AD branch in quadruplicate within 60 days from the date of receipt of funds) The following documents are enclosed For sale of shares / compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares/ debentures/others by a person resident in India Ä°. ....
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....o. FEMA.20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000 a SWF mean a Government investment vehicle which is funded by foreign exchange assets, and which manages those assets separately from the official reserves of monetary authorities. ## The initial investment/s was/were made by FVCI under FDI Scheme in terms of Schedule 1 to Notification No. FEMA.20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000. д SWF mean a Government investment vehicle which is funded by foreign exchange assets, and which manages those assets separately from the official reserves of monetary authorities. 112 Private Equity Fund Pension/ Provident Fund 5. Foreign Trust 6. 7. 8. (SWF) 9. Sovereign Wealth Fund Partnership/ Proprietorship firm 10. Financial Institution 11. NRIS/PIOS 12. Others' Date and Place of Incorporation Address of the seller (including e- mail, telephone Number Fax no) 6 Particulars of earlier Reserve Bank/FIPB approvals 7 Details regarding shares / compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares (CMCPS) / debentures/ others (such as FDI compliant instruments like participating interest rights in oil fields, etc.) to be t....
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.... Reserve Bank guidelines. Signature Name and Designation of the Officer Date: Name of the AD Branch AD Branch Code 114 Know Your Customer (KYC) Form in respect of the non-resident investor Registered Name of the Remitter / Investor (Name, if the investor is an Individual) Registration Number (Unique Identification Number* in case remitter is an Individual) Registered Address (Permanent Address if remitter Individual) Name of the Remitter's Bank Remitter's Bank Account No. Period of banking Remitter relationship with the *Passport No., Social Security No, or any Unique No. certifying the bonafides of the remitter as prevalent in the remitter's country. We confirm that all the information furnished above is true and accurate as provided by the overseas remitting bank of the non-resident investor. (Signature of the Authorised Official of the AD bank receiving the remittance) Date: Place: Stamp : 115 Statement of inflows/outflows Proforma on account of remittance received/made in connection with transfer of shares / compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares / debentures/othe....