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Doing Business in India

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Doing business in India offers enormous opportunities for Foreign companies. However, India is a large and complex market. It should not be seen as one market, but a series of interconnected regional markets where the legislative and investment climate may change from one state to another.

It is wiser to be in India now…

  • Fastest growing economy in the world
    (Current: 7% , by 2018: 7.8%)
  • World’s third largest economy
    (Would double in size to US$ 4–5 trillion in a decade)
  • Taxes on companies has been reduced to 25%
    (For companies with annual turnover less than 50 Crores)
  • World’s second-largest telecommunication market
    (1058.86 million subscribers)
  • By 2020, retail market is expected to grow to US$ 1.1 trillion
    (growing at a high rate of 20%-25% p.a.)
  • World’s sixth largest pharmaceutical market by 2020
  • By 2050, India will have added 300 million people
  • Working age group will be more than 64% by 2021
    (15-59 years)
  • Growing urban markets
    (23.1 Million people shifting from rural to urban areas in two decades)
  • Low labour costs
    (Total labour force of nearly 530 million)
  • Purchasing power parity, India’s economy is third largest in the world
    (Current-$ 8.7 trillion, by 2025-$ 20 trillion )

Foreign Direct Investment into India

Automatic Route

  • All sectors other than sectors which are specifically prohibited or under approval route
  • Should comply with sector based investment and other conditions (i.e. sectoral caps)

Approval Route

100% FDI through Government approval route

  • Extraction of titanium
  • Publishing of scientific & technical magazines/specialty journals/ facsimile
  • Edition of foreign newspapers
  • Satellites (establishment & operation)
  • Pharmaceuticals (Brownfield)

100% FDI: Government approval required beyond 49%

  • Telecom Services
  • Broadcasting Carriage Services
  • Single Brand product retail trading

100% FDI: Government approval required beyond 74%

  • Existing projects of Airport

49% FDI : No Government approval required

  • Infrastructure Company in the Securities Market
  • Insurance
  • Pension Sector
  • Power Exchanges
  • Defense
  • Air Transport Services (Scheduled): 100% for NRI

49% FDI through Government approval route

  •  Broadcasting Content Services (except Up-linking & Down-linking
    of Non-‘News & Current Affairs’ TV Channels)
  •  Private Security Agencies

FDI limits less than 100%

  •  Banking (Private Sector): 74% FDI is allowed. However,
    Government approval is required beyond 49%
  •  Banking (Public Sector): 20% FDI is allowed with Government
    approval
  •  Multi Brand product retail trading: 51% FDI is allowed with
    Government approval
  •  Print Media: 26% FDI is allowed with Government approval

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