Foreign Direct Investment - Permitted and Prohibited Sectors

 The Law is based on Consolidated FDI Policy Circular No.1 of 2012 

1.    Permitted Sectors – Investment in Permitted Sectors can be made under the following two routes : -

a.    Automatic Route

No  prior approval  required from the RBI or the GOI.  Only Reserve Bank of India needs to be informed within specified period. 

b.    Government Approval Route (‘FIPB’)

Proposals falling outside the prohibited Sectors and not falling under automatic route require prior approval of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (‘FIPB’) 

2.    Prohibited Sectors

Foreign investment is not permitted in companies engaged in prohibited sectors – Refer Para 6.1 of the Policy.