Sector
|
FDI Limit
|
Entry Route
|
| Agriculture& Animal Husbandry |
100% |
Automatic |
Plantation Sector
(including tea, coffee, Rubber, Cardamom, Palm oil tree,
Olive oil tree plantations) |
100% |
Automatic |
Mining and Exploration of metal and non-metal ores
(including diamond, gold, silver, and precious ores but excluding titanium-bearing minerals and their ores) |
100% |
Automatic |
| Mining (Coal & Lignite) |
100% |
Automatic |
Mining
Mining and mineral separation of titanium-bearing minerals and ores, its value addition, and integrated activities |
100% |
Government |
Petroleum & Natural Gas
Exploration activities of oil and natural gas fields, infrastructure related to marketing of petroleum products and natural gas, marketing of natural gas and petroleum products, etc. |
100% |
Automatic |
Petroleum & Natural Gas
Petroleum refining by the Public Sector Undertakings (PSU), without any disinvestment or dilution of domestic equity in the existing PSUs. |
49% |
Automatic |
| Defense Manufacturing |
100% |
Automatic up to 49% Above 49% under Government route in cases resulting in access to modern technology in the country |
Broadcasting
• Teleports(setting up of up-linking HUBs/Teleports)
• Direct to Home (DTH)
• Cable Networks (Multi System operators (MSOs) operating at the National State or District level and undertaking upgradation of networks towards digitalization and addressability
• Mobile TV
• Head end-in-the Sky Broadcasting Service(HITS) |
100% |
Automatic |
Broadcasting
Cable Networks (Other MSOs not undertaking upgradation of networks towards digitalization and addressability and Local Cable Operators (LCOs)) |
100% |
Automatic |
Broadcasting Content Services
• Terrestrial Broadcasting FM(FM Radio)
• Up-linking of ‘News & Current Affairs’ TV Channels |
49% |
Government |
| Up-linking of Non-‘News & Current Affairs’ TV Channels/ Down-linking of TV Channels |
100% |
Automatic |
Print Media
• Publishing of newspapers and periodicals dealing with news and current affairs
• Publication of Indian editions of foreign magazines dealing with news and current affairs |
26% |
Government |
| Publishing/printing of scientific and technical magazines/specialty journals/ periodicals, subject to compliance with the legal framework as applicable and guidelines issued in this regard from time to time by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. |
100% |
Government |
| Publication of facsimile editions of foreign newspapers |
100% |
Government |
Civil Aviation – Airports
Green Field Projects & Existing Projects |
100% |
Automatic |
Civil Aviation – Air Transport Services
• Scheduled Air Transport Service/ Domestic Scheduled Passenger Airline
• Regional Air Transport Service
(Foreign Airlines are barred from Investing in Air India) |
100% |
Automatic up to 49% Above 49% under the Government route
100% Automatic for NRIs |
Civil Aviation
• Non-Scheduled Air Transport Service
• Helicopter services/seaplane services requiring DGCA approval
• Ground Handling Services subject to sectoral regulations and security clearance
• Maintenance and Repair organizations; flying training institutes; and technical training institutions |
100% |
Automatic |
| Construction Development: Townships, Housing, Built-up Infrastructure |
100% |
Automatic |
| Industrial Parks (new & existing) |
100% |
Automatic |
| Satellites- establishment and operation, subject to the sectoral guidelines of the Department of Space/ISRO |
100% |
Government |
| Private Security Agencies |
74% |
Automatic up to 49% Above 49% & up to 74% under the Government route |
| Telecom Services |
100% |
Automatic up to 49% Above 49% under the Government route |
| Cash & Carry Wholesale Trading |
100% |
Automatic |
| E-commerce activities (e-commerce entities would engage only in Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce and not in Business to Consumer (B2C) e-commerce.) |
100% |
Automatic |
Single Brand retail trading
Local sourcing norms will be relaxed up to three years and a relaxed sourcing regime for another five years for entities undertaking Single Brand Retail Trading of products having ‘state-of-art’ and ‘cutting edge’ technology. |
100% |
Automatic up to 49% Above 49% under the Government route |
| Multi Brand Retail Trading |
51% |
Government |
| Duty-Free Shops |
100% |
Automatic |
Railway Infrastructure
Construction, operation, and maintenance of the following
• Suburban corridor projects through PPP
• High-speed train projects
• Dedicated freight lines
• Rolling stock including train sets, and locomotives/coaches manufacturing and maintenance facilities
• Railway Electrification
• Signaling systems
• Freight terminals
• Passenger terminals
• Infrastructure in industrial park pertaining to railway line/sidings including electrified railway lines and connectivities to the main railway line
• Mass Rapid Transport Systems. |
100% |
Automatic |
| Asset Reconstruction Companies |
100% |
Automatic |
| Banking- Private Sector |
74% |
Automatic up to 49% Above 49% & up to 74% under the Government route |
| Banking- Public Sector |
20% |
Government |
| Credit Information Companies (CIC) |
100% |
Automatic |
| Infrastructure Company in the Securities Market |
49% |
Automatic |
Insurance
• Insurance Company
• Insurance Brokers
• Third Party Administrators
• Surveyors and Loss Assessors
• Other Insurance Intermediaries |
49% |
Automatic |
| Pension Sector |
49% |
Automatic |
| Power Exchanges |
49% |
Automatic |
| White Label ATM Operations |
100% |
Automatic |
| Financial services activities regulated by RBI, SEBI, IRDA, or any other regulator |
100% |
Automatic |
| Pharmaceuticals(Green Field) |
100% |
Automatic |
| Pharmaceuticals(Brown Field) |
100% |
Automatic up to 74% Above 74% under
Government route |
Food products manufactured or produced in India
Trading, including through e-commerce, in respect of food products manufactured or produced in India. |
100% |
Government |