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....eforms in FDI <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 10-11-2015<br><BR>Today, India is the fastest growing economy among major Nations. The World Bank has improved India's ranking by 12 places in the 2016 Study of Ease of Doing Business. FDI has gone up by 40%. Several Global Institutions have projected India as the leading destination for FDI in the World. IMF has branded India as the brightes....
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....t spot in the Global Economy whereas the World Bank projects India's growth at 7.5% and even better. 2. With coming of NDA Government to power, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed his commitment to poverty elimination, inclusive development [make India a developed Country] and also to make India a Global Manufacturing Hub. Being aware of the constraint of financial resources for fast tracking th....
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....e development process, a series of Economic Reforms and a number of measures to improve the Ease of Doing Business in the country have been set in motion. A number of stalled projects have been de-bottlenecked and fast-tracked. The results are showing up. 3. However, the commitments to the millions of youth of the Country to provide them remunerative employment or entrepreneurial opportunities i....
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....s not yet fully realized. With this in mind, Prime Ministter Mr. Modi launched the Campaigns like 'Make In India' and 'Skill India'. The latest in the series is the upcoming 'Start-up India' initiative. To further boost this entire investment environment and to bring in foreign investments in the country, the Government has brought in FDI related Reforms and liberalisation ....
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....touching upon 15 major Sectors of the Economy. The salient measures are: * Limited Liability Partnerships, downstream investment and approval conditions. * Investment by companies owned and controlled by Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) * Establishment and transfer of ownership and control of Indian companies * Agriculture and Animal Husbandry * Plantation * Mining and mineral separation of....
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.... titanium bearing minerals and ores, its value addition and integrated activities * Defence * Broadcasting Sector * Civil Aviation * Increase of sectoral cap * Construction development sector * Cash and Carry Wholesale Trading / Wholesale Trading (including sourcing from MSEs) * Single Brand Retail Trading and Duty free shops * Banking-Private Sector; and * Manufacturing Sector ....
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....4. The Crux of these reforms is to further ease, rationalise and simplify the process of foreign investments in the country and to put more and more FDI proposals on automatic route instead of Government route where time and energy of the investors is wasted. It is one more proof of minimum government and maximum governance. Further refining of foreign investments in key Sectors like Construction ....
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....where 50 million houses for poor are to be built. Opening up the manufacturing Sector for wholesale, retail and E-Commerce so that the Industries are motivated to Make In India and sell it to the customers here instead of importing from other countries. The proposed reforms also enhance the limit of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) from current Rupees Three thousand crores to Five thousan....
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....d crores. The proposal also contains many other long pending corrections including those being felt by the limited liability partnerships as well as NRI owned Companies who seem motivated to invest in India. Few other proposals seek to enhance the sectoral Caps so that foreign investors don't have to face fragmented ownership issues and get motivated to deploy their resources and technology wi....
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....th full force. 5. With this round of Reforms, the Government has demonstrated that India is unstoppable on the path of Economic Development. Prime Minister has reiterated that Economic Wellbeing of the people of India is the main Task before him. It is also clear that India is a Country which is more than ready to integrate with the Global Economy because it feels that the Fruits of Development ....
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....will reach to the common man only if there is Development. Above all every citizen in all nooks and corners must have a stake. 6. Along with these sectoral reforms, DIPP has also been advised to consolidate all FDI related instructions contained in various notifications & press notes and prepare a booklet so that the investors don't have to refer to several documents of different timeframes.....
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.... This exercise of PM, Shri Narendra Modi is intended on the one hand to further open up the Sectors for more foreign investments in the country and also to make it easy to invest in India. In the normal course, the Policy corrections in 16 areas would have taken at least one year to process and get approvals. Thus, this action is a very dynamic step in terms of integrating the Indian Economy with ....
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....the rest of the World for attracting investments and technology and generating employment for enhancement of income of the people of India.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....