Foreign investment in India is restricted to a certain limit which you can get from the FEMA act 1999.If the limit exeed the director is not able to contribute such percentage, but if thelimit does not exeed the Director can bring such contribution, but only after obtaining the approval of RBI.
There are several limit for several sector. Currently, foreign companies are only allowed to own 10% of a business in the retail sector. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is trying to convince his coalition partners to open up FDI along the lines of what is allowed in other industries. FDI limits for other sectors are as follows:
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Banking - 74%
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Non-banking financial companies (stock broking, credit cards, financial consulting, etc.) - 100%
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Insurance - 26%
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Telecommunications - 74%
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Private petrol refining - 100%
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Construction development - 100%
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Coal & lignite - 74%
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Trading - 51%
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Electricity - 100%
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Pharmaceuticals - 100%
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Transportation infrastructure - 100 %
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Tourism - 100%
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Mining - 74%
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Advertising - 100%
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Airports - 74%
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Films - 100%
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Domestic airlines - 49%
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Mass transit - 100%
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Pollution control - 100%
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Print media - 26% for newspapers and current events, 100 % for scientific and technical periodicals