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% |
