FCRA i.e. Foreign Contribution Regulation Act was earlier enacted in year 1976 by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to regulate the foreign funding that received by various charitable institute, political parties, print and other media and to prevent the foreign organizations or individuals from influencing the social, political economic and religious matters in India. The …
Every country believes in keeping foreign reserves on a higher side to balance the economy. For that purpose, every economy tends to encourage the exports and motivate the indigenous production. To encourage the exporter every country provides a lot of benefits in terms of Duty Drawback etc. India is not behind compared to any other …
The budget proposal to apply indirect transfer provisions to even Category II foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) could lead to the imposition of retrospective tax on certain transactions, experts said. The government had restricted the exemption from indirect transfer taxes to Category I FPIs in the budget. Previously, even Category II FPIs had enjoyed the exemptions. …
Foreign direct investment into India grew 15 per cent to USD 26 billion during the first half of the current financial year, according to government data. Inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) during April-September of 2018-19 stood at USD 22.66 billion. Sectors, which attracted maximum foreign inflows during April-September 2019-20, include services (USD 4.45 billion), …
Defence Industry in India is subject to Industrial License under the Industries (Development & Regulation) Act, 1951 and manufacture of small arms and ammunition under the Arms Act, 1959. The detailed guidelines in this regard may be seen under the Press Note available at www.dipp.nic.in followed by link Acts & Rules. Previously, India had relaxed foreign direct …
Concerned over rising foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into strategic sectors like telecom as well as information technology (IT) and IT-enabled Services (ITeS) through the automatic route, the government is considering eliminating the security gaps through a stringent scrutiny mechanism. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has proposed an online filing …
The Construction/ Real Estate sector is one of the most critical sectors of the Indian economy due to its huge multiplier effect on the economy. Any impact on the Real Estate sector has a direct bearing on economic growth. Due to the well-acknowledged need for foreign investments into this sector because of the sheer demand, …
‘Project Office’ means a place of business to represent the interests of the foreign company executing a project in India but excludes a Liaison Office. The project office is the ideal method for companies to establish a business presence in India, if the object is to have a presence for a limited period of time. …
Recently, India has been growing at an unprecedented pace which has aroused a keen interest among foreign entities to establish their operations in India and tap into one of the largest and fastest growing market, and have access to some of the best human resources in the world. A physical presence in India is essential …
As a market, India has always been attractive to foreign companies because of the rapidly growing market. But in terms of actually taking steps to register a company in India, many foreign companies shelved their plans because of the perceived difficulties in doing the necessary paperwork. Over the last few years, however, many steps have been …