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Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2016
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....heir publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Amendment of the Regulation In the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 (Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000), (A) In Regulation 2, after clause (viiA) and before the existing clause (viia), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: "(vii AA) "Manufacture", with its grammatical variations, means a change in a non-living physical object or article or thing- (a) resulting in transformation of the object or article or thing into a new and distinct object or article or thing having a different name, character and use; or (b) bringing into existence of a new and distinct object or article or thing with a different chemical composition or integral structure." (B) In Regulation 14, (a) in sub-regulation 1, the existing clause (i) and clause (ia) shall be amended as under respectively : " (i) for the purpose of this regulation, the expression 'ownership and control' shall mean and include (a) a company shall be considered as owned by resident Indian citizens if more than 50% of the capital in it is beneficially owned by resident Indian c....
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....y which must have a resident Indian or a relative as defined under Section 2 (77) of Companies Act, 2013/ HUF, either singly or in combination holding at least 51% of the shares. (c) Provided that, in case of a combination of all or any of the entities mentioned in Sub-Clauses (i) and (ii) above, each of the parties shall have entered into a legally binding agreement to act as a single unit in managing the matters of the applicant company." (c) The existing sub-regulation 5 shall be amended as under, namely: "Guidelines for establishment of Indian companies/ transfer of ownership or control of Indian companies, from resident Indian citizens to non-resident entities, in sectors under government approval route Foreign investment in sectors/activities under government approval route will be subject to government approval where: (i) An Indian company is being established with foreign investment and is not owned by a resident entity or (ii) An Indian company is being established with foreign investment and is not controlled by a resident entity or (iii) The control of an existing Indian company, currently owned or controlled by resident Indian citizens and Indian compan....
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....ctors as also a shareholders agreement, if any; c. Issue/transfer/pricing/valuation of shares shall be in accordance with applicable SEBI/RBI guidelines; d. For the purpose of downstream investment, the Indian companies/LLPs making the downstream investments would have to bring in requisite funds from abroad and not leverage funds from the domestic market. This would, however, not preclude downstream companies/LLPs, with operations, from raising debt in the domestic market. Downstream investments through internal accruals are permissible (For the purposes of FDI, internal accruals will mean as profits transferred to reserve account after payment of taxes), subject to the provision of clause (i) above and also as elaborated below: A. Foreign investment into an Indian company, engaged only in the activity of investing in the capital of other Indian company/ies, will require prior Government/FIPB approval, regardless of the amount or extent of foreign investment. Foreign investment into Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs), carrying on activities approved for FDI, will be subject to the conditions specified in Annex B of Schedule I to these Regulations. B. Those companies, which ....
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...." C In Schedule 1, (i) In paragraph 2, paragraph beginning with "Provided further that the shares or convertible debentures….." and ending with "…………permitted to the extent specified in Regulation 14." shall be deleted. 4[(ii) in paragraph 2, in sub-paragraph 4, after clause (iv), the following shall be added, namely: (v) by way of swap of shares, provided the company in which the investment is made is engaged in an automatic route sector, subject to the condition that irrespective of the amount, valuation of the shares involved in the swap arrangement 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 home country. Note: A company engaged in a sector where foreign investment requires Government approval may issue shares to a non-resident through swap of shares only with approval of the Government.] (iii) in paragraph 3, the existing sub-paragraph (c) shall stands deleted. (iv) in 'Annex B', the existing table shall be substituted with the following, namely: Foreign Investments caps and entry route in various sectors S....
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....lantation 2.1 i. Tea sector including tea plantations ii. Coffee plantations iii. Rubber Plantations iv. Cardamom plantations v. Palm oil tree plantations vi. Olive oil tree plantations Note: FDI is not allowed in any plantation sector/activity except those mentioned above. 100% Automatic route 2.2 Other Condition Prior approval of the State Government concerned is required in case of any future land use change. 3. MINING 3.1 Mining and Exploration of metal and non-metal ores including diamond, gold, silver and precious ores but excluding titanium bearing minerals and its ores; subject to the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957. 100% Automatic 3.2 Coal and 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. 100% Automatic (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 ....
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....n of oil and the discovered fields of national oil companies. 100% Automatic 4.2 Petroleum refining by the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), without any disinvestment or dilution of domestic equity in the existing PSUs. 49% Automatic 5 Manufacturing 100% Automatic Subject to the provisions of the FDI policy, foreign investment in 'manufacturing' sector is under automatic route. Further, a manufacturer is permitted to sell its products manufactured in India through wholesale and/or retail, including through e-commerce without Government approval. 6. Defence 5[6.1 Defence Industry subject to Industrial license under the Industries (Development & Regulation) Act, 1951 49% Automatic route up to 49% Above 49% under Government route on case to case basis, wherever it is likely to result in access to modern and 'state-of art' technology in the country.] 6.2 Other Conditions i. Infusion of fresh foreign investment within the permitted automatic route level, in a company not seeking industrial license, resulting in change in the ownership pattern or transfer of stake by existing investor to new foreign investor, will require Government approval. ii. Licen....
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....), Foreign Portfolio Investors(FPIs), Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs), [ Depository Receipts issued under Schedule 10 of these Regulations with equity shares or compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares or compulsory and mandatorily convertible debentures or warrant or any other security in which foreign direct investment can be made in terms of Schedule1 of the principal Regulations, as underlying] (GDRs) and convertible preference shares held by foreign entities.] 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 Company (i) The majority of Directors on the Board of the Company shall be Indian Citizens. (ii) The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Officer In-charge of technical network operations and Chief Security Officer should be resident Indian citizens Security Clearance of Personnel (iii) The Company, all Directors on the Board of Directors and such key executives like Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Security Officer (CSO), Chi....
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....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) The Company must provide traceable identity of their subscribers. Monitoring, Inspection and Submission of Information (xi) The Company should ensure that necessary provision (hardware/software) is available in their equipment for doing the Lawful interception and monitoring from a centralized location as and when required by Government. (xii) The company, at its own costs, shall, on demand by the Government or its authorized representative, provide the necessary equipment, services and facilities at designated place(s) for continuous monitoring or the broadcasting service by or under supervision of the Government or its authorized representative. (xiii) The Government of India, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting or its authorized representative shall have the right to inspect the broadcasting facilities. No prior permi....
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....e interest of national security and public interest or for proper provision of broadcasting services. (xx) Licensee will ensure that broadcasting service installation carried out by it should not become a safety hazard and is not in contravention of any statute, rule or regulation and public policy. 8. Print Media 8.1 Publishing of newspaper and periodicals dealing with news and current affairs 26% Government 8.2 Publication of Indian editions of foreign magazines dealing with news and current affairs 26% Government 8.2.1 Other conditions (i) 'Magazine', for the purpose of these guidelines, will be defined as a periodical publication, brought out on non-daily basis, containing public news or comments on public news. (ii) Foreign investment would also be subject to the Guidelines for Publication of Indian editions of foreign magazines dealing with news and current affairs issued by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on 4-12-2008. 8.3 Publishing/printing of Scientific and Technical Magazines/ specialty journals/periodicals, subject to compliance with the legal framework as applicable and guidelines issued in this regard from time to time by Ministry....
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....t by the reactions of the air on one or more power driven rotors on substantially vertical axis; (vii) "Scheduled air transport service" means an air transport service undertaken between the same two or more places and operated according to a published time table or with flights so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognizably systematic series, each flight being open to use by members of the public; (viii) "Non-Scheduled air Transport service" means any service which is not a scheduled air transport service and will include Cargo airlines; (ix) "Cargo airlines" would mean such airlines which meet the conditions as given in the Civil Aviation Requirements issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation; (x) "Seaplane" means an aeroplane capable normally of taking off from and alighting solely on water; (xi) "Ground Handling" means (i) ramp handling, (ii) traffic handling both of which shall include the activities as specified by the Ministry of Civil Aviation through the Aeronautical Information Circulars from time to time, and (iii) any other activity specified by the Central Government to be a part of either ramp hand....
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....ent by foreign airlines. (ii) The dispensation for NRIs regarding FDI up to 100% will also continue in respect of the investment regime specified at paragraph 9.3.1(c) (ii) above. (iii) The policy mentioned at 9.3.1(c) above is not applicable to M/s Air India Limited 9.3.2 Foreign Airlines in the capital of the Indian companies, operating schedule and non-scheduled air transport services 49% (100% for NRIs) Government 9.4 Other Services under Civil Aviation sector (1) Ground Handling Services subject to sectoral regulations and security clearance 100% Automatic (2) Maintenance and Repair organizations; flying training institutes and technical training institutions 100% Automatic 10. Courier services for carrying packages, parcels and other items which do not come within the ambit of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 and excluding the activity relating to the distribution of letters 100% Automatic 11. Construction Development: Townships, Housing, Built-up infrastructure 11.1 Construction-development projects (which would include development of townships, construction of residential/commercial premises, roads or bridges, hotels, resorts, hospitals, educational ....
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....hts (TDRs). "Real estate business" means dealing in land and immovable property with a view to earning profit therefrom and does not include development of townships, construction of residential commercial premises, roads or bridges, educational institutions, recreational facilities, city and regional level infrastructure, townships. Further, earning of rent income on lease of the property, not amounting to transfer, will not amount to real estate business. ii. Condition of lock-in period at (A) above will not apply to Hotels &Tourist Resorts, Hospitals, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Educational Institutions, Old Age Homes and investment by NRIs. iii. Completion of the project will be determined as per the local bye-laws/rules and other regulations of State Governments. iv. It is clarified that 100 % FDI under automatic route is permitted in completed projects for operation and management of townships, malls/ shopping complexes and business centres. Consequent to foreign investment, transfer of ownership and/or control of the investee company from residents to non-residents is also permitted. However, there would be a lock-in-period of three years, calculated wit....
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....e units, excluding the area for common facilities. (b) in the case of built up space - the floor area and built-up space utilized for providing common facilities. (c) 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. 12.2 FDI in Industrial Parks would not be subject to the conditionalities applicable for construction development projects etc. spelt out in para 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 o....
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....ading (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 (ii) Entities holding trade licenses i.e. a license/registration certificate/membership certificate/registration under Shops and Establishment Act, issued by a Government Authority/Government Body/ Local Self-Government Authority, reflecting that the entity/person holding the license/registration certificate/membership certificate, as the case may be, is itself/himself/herself engaged in a business involving commercial activity; or (iii) Entities holding permits/license etc. for undertaking retail trade (like tehbazari and similar license for hawkers) from Government Authorities....
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....me 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 time of seeking approval, including a copy of the licensing/franchise/sub-licence agreement, specifically indicating compliance with the above condition. The requisite evidence should be filed with the RBI for the automatic route and SIA/FIPB for cases involving approval. e) In respect of proposals involving FDI beyond 51%, sourcing of 30% of the value of goods purchased, will be done from India, preferably from MSMEs, village and cottage industries, artisans and craftsmen, in all sectors. The qu....
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....ng single brand retail trading of products having 'state-of-art' and 'cutting-edge' technology and where local sourcing is not possible.] 16.4 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 back-end infrastructure....
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....r 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 16.4.(1) (viii) 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Assam 3. Delhi 4. Haryana 5. Himachal Pradesh 6. Jammu & Kashmir 7. Karnataka 8. Maharashtra 9. Manipur 10. Rajasthan 11. Uttarakhand 12. Daman & Diu....
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....003 by erstwhile OCBs, and shall continue to include investment made by non-residents under IPOs, Private placements, DRs and through acquisition of shares from existing shareholders 2) The aggregate foreign investment in a private bank from all sources will be allowed - up to a maximum of 74 per cent of the paid-up capital of the Bank. At all times, at least 26 per cent of the paid up capital will have to be held by residents, except in regard to a wholly-owned subsidiary of a foreign bank. 3) The stipulations as above will be applicable to all investments in existing private sector banks also. 4) The permissible limits under portfolio investment schemes through stock exchanges for FIIs/FPIs and NRIs will be as follows: (i) In the case of FIIs/FPIs, as hitherto, individual FII/FPI holding is restricted to below 10 per cent of the total paid-up capital, aggregate limit for all FIIs/FPIs/QFIs cannot exceed 24 per cent of the total paid-up capital, which can be raised up to sectoral limit of 74 per cent of the total paid-up capital by the bank concerned through a resolution by its Board of Directors followed by a special resolution to that effect by its General Body. a. In ....
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....gh acquisition of shares of an existing private sector bank provided at least 26 per cent of the paid-up capital of the private sector bank is held by residents at all times consistent with para (i) (b) above. (e) A subsidiary of a foreign bank will be subject to the licensing requirements and conditions broadly consistent with those for new private sector banks. (f) Guidelines for setting up a wholly-owned subsidiary of a foreign bank will be issued separately by RBI. (g) All applications by a foreign bank for setting up a subsidiary or for conversion of their existing branches to subsidiary in India will have to be made to the RBI. (iii) At present there is a limit of ten per cent on voting rights in respect of banking companies, and this should be noted by potential investor. Any change in the ceiling can be brought about only after final policy decisions and appropriate Parliamentary approvals. F.3 Banking - Public Sector F.3.1 Banking - Public Sector subject to Banking Companies (Acquisition & Transfer of Undertakings) Acts, 1970/80. This ceiling (20%) is also applicable to the State Bank of India and its associate banks. 20% Government F.4 Commodity Exchange....
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....I investment would be permitted subject to the conditions that: (a) A single entity should directly or indirectly hold below 10% equity; (b) Any acquisition in excess of 1 % will have to be reported to RBI as a mandatory requirement; and 8[(c) FIIs/FPIs investing in CICs shall not seek a representation on the Board of Directors based upon their shareholding.] F.6 Infrastructure Company in the Securities Market F.6.1 Infrastructure companies in Securities Markets, namely, stock exchanges, depositories and clearing corporations, in compliance with SEBI Regulations 49% Automatic F.6.2 Other Conditions: F.6.2.1 FII/FPI can invest only through purchases in the secondary market F.7. Insurance F.7.1 Insurance (i) Insurance Company (ii) Insurance Brokers (iii) Third Party Administrators (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% Automatic upto 26%,; Government route beyond 26% and upto 49% F.7.2 Other Conditions: (a) No Indian insurance company shall allow the aggregate holdings by way of total foreign investment in its eq....
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.... 'Foreign Portfolio Investment', 'Indian Insurance Company', 'Indian Company', 'Indian Control of an Indian Insurance Company', 'Indian Ownership', 'Non-resident Entity', 'Public Financial Institution', 'Resident Indian Citizen', 'Total Foreign Investment' will have the same meaning as provided in Notification No. G.S.R 115 (E), dated 19th February, 2015. F.8. Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) F.8.1 Foreign investment in NBFC is allowed under the automatic route in only the following activities: (i) Merchant Banking (ii) Underwriting (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 F.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 f....
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....tity is also engaged in any other 18 NBFC activities, then the foreign investment in the company setting up WLA, shall have to comply with the minimum capitalisation norms for foreign investment in NBFC activities, as provided in para F.8.2. iii. FDI in the WLAO will be subject to the specific criteria and guidelines issued by RBI vide Circular No. DPSS,CO.PD.No.2298/02.10.002/2011-12, as amended from time to time. F.9 Power Exchanges F.9.1 Power Exchanges under the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Power Market) Regulations, 2010 49% Automatic F.9.2 Other conditions (i) FII purchases shall be restricted to secondary market only; (ii) No non-resident investor/entity, including persons acting in concert, will hold more than 5% of the equity in these companies; and (iii) The foreign investment would be in compliance with SEBI Regulations; other applicable laws/regulations; security and other conditionalities. F.10 Pension Sector 49% Automatic up to 26%; Government route beyond 26% and up to 49 % 17. Pharmaceuticals 17.1 Greenfield 100% Automatic 17.2 Brown Field 100% Government 17.3 Other Conditions (i) 'Non-compete' clause would not be allowe....
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....gnaling systems, (vii) Freight terminals, (viii) Passenger terminals, (ix) Infrastructure in industrial park pertaining to railway line/sidings including electrified railway lines and connectivities to main railway line and (x) Mass Rapid Transport Systems. 100% Automatic Note:- (i) Foreign Direct Investment in the abovementioned activities open to private participation including FDI is subject to sectoral guidelines of Ministry of Railways. (ii) Proposals involving FDI beyond 49% in sensitive areas from security point of view, will be brought by the Ministry of Railways before the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) for consideration on a case to case basis. D. In Schedule 9, (i) the existing paragraph 4 shall be amended as under, namely: " 4. Entry Route FDI in LLPs is permitted, subject to the following conditions: i. FDI is permitted under the automatic route in LLPs operating in sectors/activities where 100% FDI is allowed through the automatic route and there are no FDI linked performance conditions. ii. An Indian company or an LLP, having foreign investment, will be permitted to make downstream investment in another company or LLP engaged in sectors in whi....
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.... by an Investment Vehicle that is reckoned as foreign investment shall have to conform to the sectoral caps and conditions / restrictions, if any, as applicable to the company in which the downstream investment is made as per the FDI Policy or Schedule 1 of the principal Regulations. 6. Downstream investment in an LLP by an Investment Vehicle that is reckoned as foreign investment has to conform to the provisions of Schedule 9 of the principal Regulations as well as the extant FDI policy for foreign investment in LLPs. 7. An Alternative Investment Fund Category III with foreign investment shall make portfolio investment in only those securities or instruments in which a Registered Foreign Portfolio Investor is allowed to invest under the principal Regulations. 8. The Investment Vehicle receiving foreign investment shall be required to make such report and in such format to Reserve Bank of India or to SEBI as may be prescribed by them from time to time." [ No. 1/1/EM/2016] B.P. KANUNGO, Principal Chief General Manager ***************** Notes:- 1. As corrected vide CORRIGENDUM notification dated 12-4-2016, before it was read as, "(ia) 'Control' shall include the right to ap....
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....& Regulation) Act, 1951 49% Government route up to 49% Above 49% under Government route on case to case basis, wherever it is likely to result in access to modern and 'state-of-art' technology in the country." 6. As corrected vide CORRIGENDUM notification dated 12-4-2016, before it was read as, "16.3 Single Brand product retail trading 100% Automatic up to 49%. Government route beyond 49% 1) Foreign Investment in Single Brand product retail trading is aimed at attracting investments in production and marketing, improving the availability of such goods for the consumer, encouraging increased sourcing 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 manufactur....