The Government of India introduced major changes in FDI policy on Monday, Jun 20, 2016, bringing most sectors and activities under the automatic approval route. The changes introduced now simplifies the regulations governing foreign investments, and increase sectoral caps with a small negative list. These amendments are the second sweeping changes in FDI policy after changes announced in November 2015. The Indian companies are allowed to receive FDI under automatic route without any prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India at any stage and they are only required to subsequently report the capital inflow and the issue of shares to the Reserve Bank in prescribed formats.
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