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SEBI relaxes KYC norms for foreign investors

In a bid to attract foreign investors to Indian capital markets, stock market regulator SEBI eased registration and disclosure norms for low-risk foreign investors and exempted low-risk overseas...

September 16, 2013

No proposal to increase FDI ceiling in banks

The government has clarified that there is no proposal to raise foreign investment limit in the banking sector. What is the current status of foreign investment in banking...

August 24, 2013

FDI limit in Asset Reconstruction Companies hiked to 74% – RBI

As per the RBI, the limit on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) has been increased to 74% from 49%, another measure to attract capital inflows to...

August 20, 2013

Government to tweak FDI policy for pharma to protect domestic units

A high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Commerce and Industry Ministry to start inter-Ministerial consultations on the issue of changing the norms of...

August 20, 2013

CCEA approves dilution of safeguards for FDI in multi-brand retail

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its nod for the “dilution” of certain safeguards including relaxing the 30% sourcing norm and doing away with the...

August 4, 2013

CCEA to consider new definition of “Control” in FDI policy

The existing clause in the FDI policy states that a company owned and controlled by resident Indian citizens has the power to appoint majority of its directors in...

August 3, 2013

India emerges as the 2nd largest investor in London

India has come up as the 2nd largest investor in the city of London with Indian companies led by software major Infosys with the investment eagerness generated by the 2012 Olympic Games...

July 25, 2013

FDI hike in 13 sectors, 100% in telecom as per Government

FDI in multi-brand retail sector is allowed after the agreement from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). With the growing demands from the overseas retails the government decided to...

July 24, 2013

RBI defines term ‘control’, notifies FDI guidelines

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) guidelines pending for past four years as Press notes 2 and 3 of the Department of Industrial...

July 7, 2013

India: World’s 3rd most attractive FDI destination

As per the World Investment Report 2013 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India is world’s third most attractive destination for investment by Transnational...

June 29, 2013

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