FDI, in various sectors, is allowed, up to the different limits, varying from 20% to 100%, subject to applicable laws/ regulations; security and other conditionalities. The detailed information is available in ‘Consolidated FDI Policy Circular 2014’ at this Department’s website.

 

Sl No. Sector FDI Limit
1 Advertising 100%
2 Agriculture 100%
3 Air Transport Services (Domestic Airlines) 100% for NRIs 49% for Others
4 Airlines/Aviation 49%
5 Airports 74%
6 Asset Reconstruction Companies 100%  (upto 49% – Automatic,
49% to 100% – FIPB)
7 Broadcasting 74%
8 Coal & lignite 74%
9 Courier Services 100% (Automatic)
10 Credit Information Companies 74%
11 Defence 26%
12 Direct to home 74%
13 Drugs & Pharmaceuticals 100%
14 Electricity 100%
15 Films 100%
16 Hotel & Tourism 100%
17 Housing and Real Estate 100%
18 Insurance 26%
19 Mass Rapid Transport Systems 100%
20 Mass transit 100%
21 Mining (Mining of Diamonds and precious stones) 74%
22 Mining (Mining of gold and silver and minerals other than diamonds and precious stones) 100%
23 Multi Brand Retail 51%
24 Non-Banking Financial Com-panies (NBFC) 100%
25 Oil Exploration 100%
26 Petroleum Product Marketing 100%
27 Petroleum Product Pipelines 100%
28 Petroleum Refining (Private Sector) 100%
29 Pharmaceuticals 100%
30 Pollution control 100%
31 Pollution Control & Management 100%
32 Power 100%
33 Print media 26% (Newspapers) and 100 % (Scientific and Technical Periodicals)
34 Private Sector Banking 49%
35 Road, Highways, Ports and harbours 100%
36 Satellites 74%
37 Single Brand Retail 100%  (upto 49% – Automatic,
49% to 100% – FIPB)
38 Special Economic Zones 100%
39 Telecommunications 100% (upto 49% – Automatic,
49% to 100% – FIPB)
40 Tourism 100%
41 Townships- housing- built up infrastructure and construction development projects 100%
42 Trading 51%
43 Transportation infrastructure 100%