foreign direct investment
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared 19 FDI proposals including that of Walt Disney Company and Reckitt Benckiser (India) entailing total investments of Rs 2,326.72 crore. The Finance Ministry in a press release in its meeting held on June 11, 2014, mentioned that based on the recommendations of FIPB, the Government has approved 19 proposals [...] Continue Reading »
The budget had welcomed FDI and the results have already started showing up. The foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into India more than doubled to USD 3.60 billion in May. This figure is the highest in the last eight months. According to the data of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, in May 2013, the [...] Continue Reading »
The easing of the already built up region and the requirements of capital for real estate projects backed by FDI is probably going to start a new rush in the projects and help them bringing up closer to the city limits. Initially the real estate business was lacking behind due to no former development scheme. [...] Continue Reading »
A book states, that the Chinese FDI coming into India, can touch the USD 30 billion by 2025. The book named “The Silk Road Discovered” states that it is very much possible that within 2025, the stock of Chinese FDI into India could be around USD 30 billion, and if clustered Chinese industries come to [...] Continue Reading »
Seeking to streamline the foreign investment regime, the commerce and industry ministry has proposed to introduce a composite cap which will include FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), FII (Foreign Institutional Investment) and other instruments in various sectors. In a draft cabinet note, which was circulated for inter-ministerial consultations, the DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) [...] Continue Reading »
The MNCs are waiting with a bated breath to invest in India. There were a lot of oppositions against FDI in retail in the last few sessions of the parliament during the UPA regime; however the foreign investors are expecting the new government to take some favourable decisions for them. The Finance Ministry will take [...] Continue Reading »
Should the FIBB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board) remain with the Ministry of Finance or should the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) take charge? This is a burning question of immense importance asked by the PMO (The Prime Minister’s Office) to the Cabinet Secretariat, say sources, keeping in mind it is the nation’s only [...] Continue Reading »
As per the data by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in 2012, India collected $22.78 billion of FDI. Services, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, construction development, telecommunications, computer software and hardware, chemicals and power were the sectors that attracted foreign investment in 2013. The countries which invested in India consist of Mauritius, Singapore, UK, Netherlands, Japan, [...] Continue Reading »
The Commerce and Industry Ministry has doubt regarding its proposal for easing FDI rules in railways and construction development sectors will get approval from the Election Commission. There are apprehensions that it may not be possible to attach the EC guidelines of not publicizing a decision taken by the Government while the model code of [...] Continue Reading »
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the services sector dropped by 60 percent to USD 1.59 billion in the last three quarters of year. This sector includes banking, insurance, outsourcing, R&D, courier and technology testing, it received FDI worth USD 4.04 billion in the April-December period of 2012, and this is according to the data collected [...] Continue Reading »
