A significant number of foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals are pending with the government for approval, reports released on Tuesday showed.
News agency PTI cited official sources to report that about 40-50 (FDI)proposals from countries sharing land border with India are pending under the provisions of Press Note 3.
It is worth mentioning here that under Press Note 3, prior approval mandatory is compulsory for foreign investments from China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar and Afghanistan — countries that share land border with India.
The govt had introduced this measure in April 2020 as part of its efforts to curb opportunistic takeovers of domestic firms by foreign entities during the pandemic crisis.
"FDI is not totally banned from these countries. It is just that they (investors from these countries) have to follow the government approval route and of course that takes times," PTI reported.
FDI proposals from these countries in any sector need government permission.
Source Name:Economic Times