Foreign direct investment

Make in India completes 8 years

September 27, 2022

The Indian Government’s Make India initiative has completed eight years. Key facts The government’s flagship initiative has helped 27 sectors to make significant progress, including manufacturing and services sectors. It has doubled the annual foreign direct investment to 83 billion ..

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India’s FDI Inflow in April-Dec 2021

February 26, 2022

According to data from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), during April-December 2021, India’s Foreign direct investment (FDI) equity inflows contracted by 16 percent to USD 43.17 billion. Overview: During the same time period the previous ..

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J&K FDI Policy

February 24, 2022

Jammu & Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has approved a foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for the union territory with a foreign stake of a minimum of 51 percent. Overview: L-G Manoj Sinha approved the Policy for Promotion of Foreign ..

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Foreign direct investment in LIC

January 11, 2022

The Government of India recently decided to allow 20% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in LIC (Life Insurance Corporation). This is to be done by amending the Foreign Exchange Management Rules (FEMA). What is the plan? The DFS, DIPAM are to ..

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UN: China overtakes US for Foreign Direct Investment

January 25, 2021

Recent figures by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development highlights that, China has surpassed the United States as the world’s top destination for the foreign direct investment (FDI) in the year 2020. Highlights The eastward shift of the ..

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RBI bans FDI establishments from Mauritius-Reasons, Causes, Impacts

October 8, 2020

The Reserve Bank of India recently said that companies cannot set up Foreign Direct Investment from Mauritius. The apex bank has also banned FDI from jurisdictions similar to Mauritius as they do not comply with the norms set by Financial ..

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