India eases FDI rules for Chinese-linked investors
Change
India amended FDI rules to allow overseas companies with up to 10% Chinese shareholding to invest via the automatic route, subject to sectoral limits and excluding entities incorporated in China, Hong Kong, or countries sharing land borders with India.
Why it matters
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade issued a notification amending the FDI policy. Overseas companies with Chinese shareholding up to 10% are permitted to invest through the automatic route. The permission is limited by applicable sectoral limits and other specified conditions. The relaxation excludes entities incorporated in China, Hong Kong, or countries that share land borders with India. Entities linked to those excluded jurisdictions continue to require mandatory government approval for investments.
Implications
- • Qualifying overseas investors can submit investment proposals under the automatic FDI route within sectoral caps, reducing mandatory pre-approval steps for those cases.
- • Entities incorporated in China, Hong Kong, or in land-bordering countries must continue to obtain mandatory government approval for investments.
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