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• Slow rate of growth
• Bureaucratic
• Protected and slow
• Small consumer markets
• Weak infrastructure
India Transformed!!
…Yesterday
…Today
• Strong macro economic fundamentals
• Encouraging foreign investment
• Outsourcing destination
• Growing consumerism
• Impetus on infrastructure development
India -- the largest Democracy - one of the fastest growing economies in the
World!
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Foreign Direct Investment Policy
• Foreign Direct Investment – cross border investment with an objective to establish ‘lasting interest’
• Objective - to encourage FDI to promote industrial & socio-economic development; supplement domestic capital/ technology
• Administrative and compliance aspects of FDI monitored by Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’)
Since 1991, policy has been liberalized substantially to facilitate foreign investment
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Foreign Direct Investment in IndiaA snapshot
→ Mauritius and Singapore are the favorite jurisdictions for investment into India
→ Foreign investment from Mauritius constituting 41%* of India’s total FDI
* April 2011 – September 2011
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Current FDI Guidelines - Snapshot
Cash and carry whole sale trading;E-commerce – B2B only
100% FDI permitted under automatic route
FDI permitted with prior government approval
Multi-brand retail tradingFDI still prohibited
Formats used by foreign brands to enter India
Pizza Hut, McdonaldsFranchise model
Metro, Wal-mart, TescoCash And Carry Wholesale Trading
Marks & Spencer
Foreign investment upto 51% for Single brand retail trading;Single brand retail trading can be for multiple productsSubject to the following conditions:
• Products to be sold should be of a ‘Single Brand‘ only• Products should be sold under the same brand internationally• Products which are branded during manufacturing• The foreign investor should be the owner of the brand
Single brand
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Current FDI Guidelines - Emerging Issues
Wholesale trading between ‘Same Group’should not exceed 25%
“Same Group” not defined in the FDI policy
Discrepancy between RBI & DIPP circular over
trading of goods manufactured by Small
Scale Industries
FDI in Single-Brand retail restricted to 51%
FDI in Multi-Brand retail prohibited
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Proposed Change
− 50 percent of foreign investment to be invested in back-end infrastructure (manufacturing facility, processing, design, quality control, warehousing, packaging, logistics and storage);
− Stores may be set-up in cities with population of 1 million or more;
− Pre-condition of 30 percent procurement/ manufacturing/ processing from Small Scale Industries (units with investment in plant and machinery not exceeding USD 1 million);
− Government would have the first right to procure agriculture products;
− Self-certification by the Companies to ensure adherence to guidelines, and these may be cross-checked by the Government, if required
• 100% FDI proposed in Single Brand Retail subject to conditions
• No additional conditions to be imposed other than before
• 51% FDI proposed in Multi Brand Retail under Approval Route
• Key conditions likely to be introduced (as currently available in the public domain):
− All branded items are likely to be covered within the ambit of multi-brand retailing. Additionally, unbranded items being fresh agriculture produce, fruits, vegetables, flowers, groceries and meat products are likely to be covered;
− Minimum foreign investment is likely to be USD 100 million;
Government has recently announced the above proposed changes, however, the same have resulted in severe criticism from opposition parties and nation-wide protests; Under pressure from the opposition parties, the Government has currently put the proposed regulation “on hold” until further discussion in the Parliament
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Real Estate - Regulations
Conditions•Minimum area to be developed under each project (minimum land area of 10 hectares for serviced housing plots and minimum built-up area of 50,000 square meters for construction-development projects);
•Minimum capitalisation of USD 10 million for a wholly-owned subsidiary and USD 5 million for a joint venture with an Indian partner;
•Minimum 3-year lock in (original investment cannot be repatriated) from completion of minimum capitalisation;
•Funds must be brought into India within 6 months of commencement of business;
•Undeveloped plots are not permitted to be sold; and
•50% of the project must be developed within 5 years from the date of obtaining all statutory clearances
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Real Estate – Issues
FDI permitted in Greenfield projects only
Meaning of the term “commencement of
business”
Meaning of the term “built-up area”
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Insurance - Regulations
Proposal to increase the cap on FDI from 26% to
49% - rejected
Transfer of shares from resident to non-resident
require Government approval
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