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A Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an investment in by foreign investors in the foreign based company. Mainly there are two types of
FDI, one is Green Field Investment i.e. a fresh company is established in a foreign country and the other is Portfolio Investment i.e. shares
of a foreign company are purchased or ownership acquired in a foreign company.
1. Getting approval from the automatic route or the RBI route; FDI under the automatic route does not require prior approval either
by the government of India or by the Reserve Bank of India.
2. Government route also known as FIPB route; FDI approval through the government route is given by the Foreign Investment
Promotion Board (FIPB).
FDI
Sector Limit Entry Route & Remarks
Up-linking of Non-‘News & Current Affairs’ TV Channels/ Down-linking of TV Channels 100% Automatic
Publishing/printing of scientific and technical magazines/specialty journals/ periodicals, subject to 100% Government
compliance with the legal framework as applicable and guidelines issued in this regard from time to
time by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Satellites- establishment and operation, subject to the sectoral guidelines of Department of 100% Government
Space/ISRO
E-commerce activities (e-commerce entities would engage only in Business to Business (B2B) e- 100% Automatic
commerce and not in Business to Consumer (B2C) e-commerce.)
Financial services activities regulated by RBI, SEBI, IRDA or any other regulator 100% Automatic