TMI BlogForeign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Eighteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2016X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... a Person Resident outside India) (Eighteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2016. (ii) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Amendment to Schedule 1 In Annex B to Schedule 1 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 , ( Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000 ), the following paragraphs shall be substituted with the following, namely: SL. No Sector/Activity Foreign Investment Cap (% ) Entry Route Agriculture 1. Agriculture Animal Husbandry a) Floriculture, Horticulture and Cultivation of Vegetables Mushrooms under controlled conditions; b) Development and production of seeds and planting material; c) Animal Husbandry (including breeding of dogs), Pisciculture, Aquaculture, Apiculture; and d) Services related to agro and allied sectors. Note: Other than the above, foreign investment is not allowed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... change in the ownership pattern or transfer of stake by existing investor to new foreign investor, will require Government approval. ii. Licence applications will be considered and licences given by the Department of Industrial Policy Promotion, Ministry of Commerce Industry, in consultation with Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs. iii. Foreign investment in the sector is subject to security clearance and guidelines of the Ministry of Defence. iv. Investee company should be structured to be self-sufficient in areas of product design and development. The investee/joint venture company along with manufacturing facility, should also have maintenance and life cycle support facility of the product being manufactured in India. Services Sector Information Services 7. Broadcasting 7.1 Broadcasting Carriage Services 7.1.1 (1) Teleports (setting up of up-linking HUBs/Teleports); (2) Direct to Home (DTH); (3) Cable Networks (Multi System Operators (MSOs) operating at Natio ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r for undertaking single brand product retail trading. The onus for ensuring compliance with this condition will rest with the Indian entity carrying out single brand product retail trading in India. The investing entity shall provide evidence to this effect at the time of seeking approval, including a copy of the licensing/franchise/sub-licence agreement, specifically indicating compliance with the above condition. The requisite evidence should be filed with the RBI for the automatic route and SIA/FIPB for cases involving approval. e) In respect of proposals involving foreign investment beyond 51%, sourcing of 30% of the value of goods purchased, will be done from India, preferably from MSMEs, village and cottage industries, artisans and craftsmen, in all sectors. The quantum of domestic sourcing will be self-certified by the company, to be subsequently checked, by statutory auditors, from the duly certified accounts which the company will be required to maintain. This procurement requirement would have to be met, in the first instance, as an average of five years total value of the goods purchased, beginning 1st April of the year of the commencement of the business i.e. op ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ng 'state-of-art' and 'cutting-edge' technology and where local sourcing is not possible. Thereafter, provisions of Para (2) (e) above will be applicable. 17. Pharmaceuticals 17.1 Greenfield 100% Automatic 17.2 Brownfield 100% Automatic up to 74% Government route beyond 74% 17.3 Other Conditions (i) Non-compete clause would not be allowed in automatic or government approval route except in special circumstances with the approval of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). (ii) The prospective investor and the prospective investee are required to provide a certificate along with the FIPB application as given at Para 17.4. (iii) Government may incorporate appropriate conditions for foreign investment in brownfield cases, at the time of granting approval. (iv) foreign investment in brownfield pharmaceuticals, under both autom ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rocess; (ad) supporting or sustaining life; (ae) disinfection of medical devices; (af) control of conception; and which does not achieve its primary intended action in or on the human body or animals by any pharmacological or immunological or metabolic means, but which may be assisted in its intended function by such means; b) an accessory to such an instrument, apparatus, appliance, material or other article; c) a device which is reagent, reagent product, calibrator, control material, kit, instrument, apparatus, equipment or system whether used alone or in combination thereof intended to be used for examination and providing information for medical or diagnostic purposes by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body or animals. iii. The definition of medical device at Note (ii) above would be subject to the amendment in Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, as amended from time to time. 17.4 Certificate to be Furnished by the Prospective Investor as well as the Prospective Recipient Entity It is certified that the following is the complete list of all inter-se agreements, i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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