16 FDI Proposals worth Rs 4,722 Cr upheld by Govt

On the recommendation of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), headed by Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das, Government has cleared 16 foreign investment proposals amounting to Rs 4,722 crore.

  • Govt rejected 8 proposals including Cipla Health and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited.

16 FDI Proposals worth Rs 4,722 Cr upheld by Govt Proposals cleared by Cabinet

  • The Board cleared proposal of HDFC Capital Advisors Limited which alone entails investments of Rs 2,400 crore for issue of units to Green Light.
  • Ageon Religare Life Insurance‘s proposal worth Rs 559.96 crore was cleared by raising the foreign shareholding from 26% to 49%.
  • Sun Pharma Research Advanced Company‘s proposal worth Rs 250 crore.
  • Synergia Life Sciences got approval of Rs 40 crore.
  • Aditya Birla Nuvo‘s also approved by Rs 377 crore plans.

FDI limits in various Sectors of India

Sectors with 100% FDI limits

Advertising Agriculture
Courier services Drugs and pharmaceuticals
Electricity Films and studios
Hotel and tourism Housing and real estate
Mining (mining of gold and silver) Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC)
Railways Road, Highways, Ports and Harbours
Tourism Special Economic Zone (SEZ)

Sectors with 74% FDI limits

Airports Broadcasting
Coal and lignite Credit information companies
Direct to home (DTH) Mining (Diamonds & precious stones)
Satellites Private sector banking

Sectors with 49% FDI limits

Airlines/Aviation Defence
Insurance Pension

Sectors with 26% FDI limits

Print media (Newspaper – 26% )

(Scientific & periodicals – 100% )

FM Radio

Sectors with 20% FDI limits

Public Sector Banks





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