Up to 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Allowed In India

   

Sector-Wise FDI Limit in India:

 

Sector	FDI Limit	Entry Route & Remarks
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry • Floriculture, Horticulture, Apiculture and Cultivation of Vegetables &      Mushrooms under controlled conditions • Development and Production of seeds and planting material • Animal Husbandry(including breeding of dogs), Pisciculture, Aquaculture • Services related to agro and allied sectors	100%	Automatic
Plantation Sector • Tea sector including tea plantations • Coffee plantations • Rubber plantations • Cardamom plantations • Palm oil tree plantations • Olive oil tree plantations	100%	Automatic
Mining Mining and Exploration of metal and non-metal ores including diamond, gold, silver and precious ores but excluding titanium bearing minerals and its 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
Defence 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 National or 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 up gradation 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 newspaper 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 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.	100%	Government
Publication of facsimile edition 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 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 Department of Space/ISRO	100%	Government
Private Security Agencies	74%	Automatic up to 49% Above 49% & up to 74% under Government route
Telecom Services	100%	Automatic up to 49% Above 49% under 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 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 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 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

 

Prohibited Sectors:

 

FDI is prohibited in the following sectors

 

Lottery Business including Government/private lottery, online lotteries, etc.

Gambling and Betting including casinos etc.

Chit funds

Nidhi company

Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)

Real Estate Business or Construction of Farm Houses (Real estate business does not include development of townships, construction of residential /commercial premises, roads or bridges )

Manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes

Activities/sectors not open to private sector investment e.g. Atomic Energy and Railway operations (other than permitted activities)