A Foreign National (other than a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh) or an entity incorporated outside India (other than entity incorporated in Pakistan or Bangladesh) can invest and own a Company in India by acquiring shares of the company, subject to the FDI Policy of India.

The procedure for Incorporation of a Company with Foreign National is similar to that of an incorporation of a limited company with at least one Indian Resident Director and a Regsitered Office having an Indian address. The Company can appoint Foreign Individuals as Directors and Foreign entities can become shareholders after submission of documents duly apostilled/notarised/certified by the embassy.

Foreign Direct Investment of up to 100% is allowed under the automatic route in most activities/sectors in India, a few of them being:

Agriculture & Animal Husbandry

Air Transport Services (non-scheduled and other services under civil aviation sector)

Airports (Greenfield & Brownfield)

Auto components

Automobiles

Biotechnology (Greenfield)

Broadcast Content Services (Up-linking of Non-‘News & Current Affairs’ TV Channels/ Down-

linking of TV Channels)

Broadcasting Carriage Services

Capital Goods

Cash & Carry Wholesale Trading/Wholesale Trading (including sourcing from MSEs)

Chemicals

Coal & Lignite

Construction Development: Townships, Housing, Built-up Infrastructure

Construction of Hospitals

Duty Free Shops

E-commerce activities

The Subsidiary Company also has register with FIRMS for the FDI in the Company.