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FDI is not permitted in such inventory-based model of e-commerce.

The recent ruling of the Bombay High Court in IDBI Trusteeship v. Hubtown Ltd. has sparked much debate around permissible foreign direct investment structures.

The decision of the Indian Government early last year to liberalise regulations governing foreign investment in India's construction and real estate market has been one of the most significant policy shifts to come out of New Delhi during the last ten years. This is no small feat given that during the decade there has been a succession of reform programmes across the Indian economy. So why are the construction reforms so important?

The Credit Information (Regulation) Act 2005, (CIRA) has laid down the legal framework within which credit information bureaus can collect, process and share credit information on borrowers of banks and foreign investments.

Following the finance minister's budget speech, the Insurance (Amendment) Act of 2021 (Amendment Act) was notified earlier this year to increase the foreign direct investment limit in Indian insurance companies to 74%.

Investment by venture capital funds (VCF) and foreign venture capital investors (FVCI) in India are primarily governed by the SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996 (VCF Regulations), and the SEBI (Foreign Venture Capital Investors) Regulations, 2000 (FVCI Regulations), which provide, amongst other things, certain investment restrictions that VCFs and FVCIs must comply with.

On December 26th, 2018 the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce (the "DIPP"),introduced stricter guidelines that govern foreign direct investment ("FDI") in e-commerce firms.

Under the existing External Commercial Borrowing policy, ECBs from direct Foreign Equity Holders are considered both under the automatic and the approval routes.

India's 2017-18 Budget is mostly populist with a big focus on infrastructure and rural development.

On 10 March 2026, the Union Cabinet approved amendments to India's foreign direct investment (‘FDI') policy governing investments originating from countries that share a land border with India...

Ministry of Finance (“MoF”) through notification no. S.O. 3030(E) dated 12.06.2026, notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) (Third Amendment) Rules, 2026 (“NDI Amendment Rules”) to amend the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 (“NDI Rules”).

On 27 April 2020, the Ministry of Finance notified the long-awaited Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) (Second Amendment) Rules 2020 (NDI Amendment) to permit 100% foreign direct

The government has also not shied away from difficult decisions such as completely de-regulating the price of diesel which previously accounted for around 50% of total fuel subsidies.

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India (DPIIT) had, through the Press Note 4 of 2019 dated 18 September 2019 (PN4), introduced a foreign direct investment (FDI) regime.

On March 24, 2017, while responding to a question in Parliament, the Minister of State for Defence informed us that the FDI equity inflow for April 2013-December 2016 in the defence sector was 1 million USD.

With the objective of restraining opportunistic takeovers and acquisitions of Indian companies amidst the ongoing global crisis due to the Covid 19 pandemic...

Recently, the Union Cabinet approved a comprehensive proposal by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP)...