| Sector | FDI Limit | Entry Route & Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture & Animal Husbandry • Floriculture, Horticulture, Apiculture and Cultivation of Vegetables & Mushrooms under controlled conditions • Development and Production of seeds and planting material • Animal Husbandry(including breeding of dogs), Pisciculture, Aquaculture • Services related to agro and allied sectors | 100% | Automatic |
| Plantation Sector • Tea sector including tea plantations • Coffee plantations • Rubber plantations • Cardamom plantations • Palm oil tree plantations • Olive oil tree plantations | 100% | Automatic |
| Mining Mining and Exploration of metal and non-metal ores including diamond, gold, silver and precious ores but excluding titanium bearing minerals and its ores | 100% | Automatic |
| Mining (Coal & Lignite) | 100% | Automatic |
| Mining Mining and mineral separation of titanium bearing minerals and ores, its value addition and integrated activities | 100% | Government |
| Petroleum & Natural Gas Exploration activities of oil and natural gas fields, infrastructure related to marketing of petroleum products and natural gas, marketing of natural gas and petroleum products etc | 100% | Automatic |
| Petroleum & Natural Gas Petroleum refining by the Public Sector Undertakings (PSU), without any disinvestment or dilution of domestic equity in the existing PSUs. | 49% | Automatic |
| Defence Manufacturing | 100% | Automatic up to 49% Above 49% under Government routein cases resulting in access to modern technology in the country |
| Broadcasting • Teleports(setting up of up-linking HUBs/Teleports) • Direct to Home (DTH) • Cable Networks (Multi System operators (MSOs) operating at National or State or District level and undertaking upgradation of networks towards digitalization and addressability • Mobile TV • Head end-in-the Sky Broadcasting Service(HITS) | 100% | Automatic |
| Broadcasting Cable Networks (Other MSOs not undertaking up gradation of networks towards digitalization and addressability and Local Cable Operators (LCOs)) | 100% | Automatic |
| Broadcasting Content Services • Terrestrial Broadcasting FM(FM Radio) • Up-linking of ‘News & Current Affairs’ TV Channels | 49% | Government |
| Up-linking of Non-‘News & Current Affairs’ TV Channels/ Down-linking of TV Channels | 100% | Automatic |
| Print Media • Publishing of newspaper and periodicals dealing with news and current affairs • Publication of Indian editions of foreign magazines dealing with news and current affairs | 26% | Government |
| Publishing/printing of scientific and technical magazines/specialty journals/ periodicals, subject to compliance with the legal framework as applicable and guidelines issued in this regard from time to time by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. | 100% | Government |
| Publication of facsimile edition of foreign newspapers | 100% | Government |
| Civil Aviation – Airports Green Field Projects & Existing Projects | 100% | Automatic |
| Civil Aviation – Air Transport Services • Scheduled Air Transport Service/ Domestic Scheduled Passenger Airline • Regional Air Transport Service (Foreign Airlines are barred from Investing in Air India) | 100% | Automatic up to 49% Above 49% under Government route 100% Automatic for NRIs |
| Civil Aviation • Non-Scheduled Air Transport Service • Helicopter services/seaplane services requiring DGCA approval • Ground Handling Services subject to sectoral regulations and security clearance • Maintenance and Repair organizations; flying training institutes; and technical training institutions | 100% | Automatic |
| Construction Development: Townships, Housing, Built-up Infrastructure | 100% | Automatic |
| Industrial Parks (new & existing) | 100% | Automatic |
| Satellites- establishment and operation, subject to the sectoral guidelines of Department of Space/ISRO | 100% | Government |
| Private Security Agencies | 74% | Automatic up to 49% Above 49% & up to 74% under Government route |
| Telecom Services | 100% | Automatic up to 49% Above 49% under Government route |
| Cash & Carry Wholesale Trading | 100% | Automatic |
| E-commerce activities (e-commerce entities would engage only in Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce and not in Business to Consumer (B2C) e-commerce.) | 100% | Automatic |
| Single Brand retail trading Local sourcing norms will be relaxed up to three years and a relaxed sourcing regime for another five years for entities undertaking Single Brand Retail Trading of products having ‘state-of-art’ and ‘cutting edge’ technology. | 100% | Automatic up to 49% Above 49% under Government route |
| Multi Brand Retail Trading | 51% | Government |
| Duty Free Shops | 100% | Automatic |
| Railway Infrastructure Construction, operation and maintenance of the following • Suburban corridor projects through PPP • High speed train projects • Dedicated freight lines • Rolling stock including train sets, and locomotives/coaches manufacturing and maintenance facilities • Railway Electrification • Signaling systems • Freight terminals • Passenger terminals • Infrastructure in industrial park pertaining to railway line/sidings including electrified railway lines and connectivities to main railway line • Mass Rapid Transport Systems. | 100% | Automatic |
| Asset Reconstruction Companies | 100% | Automatic |
| Banking- Private Sector | 74% | Automatic up to 49% Above 49% & up to 74% under Government route |
| Banking- Public Sector | 20% | Government |
| Credit Information Companies (CIC) | 100% | Automatic |
| Infrastructure Company in the Securities Market | 49% | Automatic |
| Insurance • Insurance Company • Insurance Brokers • Third Party Administrators • Surveyors and Loss Assessors • Other Insurance Intermediaries | 49% | Automatic |
| Pension Sector | 49% | Automatic |
| Power Exchanges | 49% | Automatic |
| White Label ATM Operations | 100% | Automatic |
| Financial services activities regulated by RBI, SEBI, IRDA or any other regulator | 100% | Automatic |
| Pharmaceuticals(Green Field) | 100% | Automatic |
| Pharmaceuticals(Brown Field) | 100% | Automatic up to 74% Above 74% under Government route |
| Food products manufactured or produced in India Trading, including through e-commerce, in respect of food products manufactured or produced in India. | 100% | Government |