ORIGIN OF INVESTMENT IN INDIA

 A non-resident entity (other than a citizen of Pakistan or an entity incorporated in

Pakistan) can invest in India, subject to the FDI Policy. A citizen of Bangladesh or an
entity incorporated in Bangladesh can invest in India under the FDI Policy, only under
the Government route.

 NRIs resident in Nepal and Bhutan as well as citizens of Nepal and Bhutan are permitted
to invest in the capital of Indian companies on repatriation basis.

 OCBs have been derecognized as a class of Investors in India with effect from September
16, 2003.

 An FII may invest in the capital of an Indian company either under the FDI
Scheme/Policy or the Portfolio Investment Scheme. 10% individual limit and 24%
aggregate limit for FII investment would still be applicable even when FIIs invest under
the FDI scheme/policy.

 The Indian company which has issued shares to FIIs under the FDI Policy for which the
payment has been received directly into company’s account should report these figures
separately under item no. 5 of Form FC-GPR (Annex-1) (Post-issue pattern of
shareholding) so that the details could be suitably reconciled for statistical/monitoring
purposes.

 A daily statement in respect of all transactions (except derivative trade) have to be

submitted by the custodian bank in floppy / soft copy in the prescribed format directly to
RBI to monitor the overall ceiling/sectoral cap/statutory ceiling.

 No person other than registered FII/NRI as per Schedules II and III of Foreign Exchange
Management Regulations of FEMA 1999, can invest/trade in capital of Indian Companies
in the Indian Stock Exchanges directly i.e. through brokers like a Person Resident in
India.

 A Foreign Venture Capital Investor (FVCI) may contribute upto 100% of the capital of a
Venture Capital Fund/Indian Venture Capital Undertaking All such investments are
allowed under the automatic route subject to SEBI & RBI regulations and FDI Policy.
 However FVCIs are also allowed to invest as non-resident entities in other companies
subject to FDI Policy.

TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS.

 Indian companies can issue equity shares, fully, compulsorily and mandatorily
convertible debentures and fully, compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference
shares subject to pricing guidelines/valuation norms prescribed under FEMA
Regulations. The pricing of the capital instruments should be decided /determined upfront
at the time of issue of the instruments.

 Other types of Preference shares/Debentures i.e. non-convertible, optionally convertible

or partially convertible for issue of which funds have been received on or after May 1,
2007 are considered as debt. Accordingly all norms applicable for ECBs relating to
eligible borrowers, recognized lenders, amount and maturity, end-use stipulations, etc.
shall apply. Since these instruments would be denominated in rupees, the rupee interest
rate will be based on the swap equivalent of London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
plus the spread as permissible for ECBs of corresponding maturity

 The inward remittance received by the Indian company vide issuance of DRs and FCCBs
are treated as FDI and counted towards FDI.

4.2 ENTRY ROUTES FOR INVESTMENT:

 Investments can be made by non-residents in the shares/fully, compulsorily and

mandatorily convertible debentures/ fully, compulsorily and mandatorily convertible
preference shares of an Indian company, through two routes; the Automatic Route and
the Government Route. Under the Automatic Route, the foreign investor or the Indian
company does not require any approval from the RBI or Government of India for the
investment. Under the Government Route, prior approval of the Government of India
through Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is required. Proposals for foreign
investment under Government route as laid down in the FDI policy from time to time, are
 considered by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in Department of
Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance

 Where a foreign investor has an existing joint venture/ technology transfer/ trademark
agreement in the same field, prior to January 12, 2005, the proposal for fresh
investment/technology transfer/technology collaboration/trademark agreement in a new
joint venture for technology transfer/ technology collaboration/trademark agreement
would have to be under the Government approval route through FIPB/ Project Approval
Board

PROHIBITION ON INVESTMENT IN INDIA.

FDI is prohibited in the following activities/sectors:

(a) Retail Trading (except single brand product retailing)

(b) Atomic Energy

(c) Lottery Business including Government /private lottery, online lotteries,etc.

(d) Gambling and Betting including casinos etc.

(e) Business of chit fund

(f) Nidhi company

(g) Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)

(h) Real Estate Business or Construction of Farm Houses

(i) Activities / sectors not opened to private sector investment.

Besides foreign investment in any form, foreign technology collaboration in any form
including licensing for franchise, trademark, brand name, management contract is also
completely prohibited for Lottery Business and Gambling and Betting activities.
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry : 100% FDI is allowed under automatic route in loriculture,
Horticulture, Development of Seeds, Animal Husbandry, Pisciculture

Tea Plantation: 100% FDI is allowed in the Tea sector including tea plantations under
Government route

INDUSTRY

MINING

100% FDI is allowed under the automatic route in Mining and Exploration of metal and

non-metal ores including diamond, gold, silver and precious ores but excluding titanium bearing

minerals and its ores

Coal and Lignite

100% FDI is allowed under the automatic route in Coal & Lignite mining for captive

consumption by power projects, iron & steel and cement units

Defence Industry

5.9.1 FDI is permissible up to 26%, under Government route subject to Industrial license under
the Industries (Development & Regulation) Act 1951 a

Drugs & Pharmaceuticals including those involving use of recombinant technology -

100% FDI is allowed under the automatic route

Electric Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Trading: FDI upto 100% is

permitted under automatic route

Policy for FDI in Civil Aviation sector

(i) Airports:
(a) Greenfield projects- FDI upto 100% is allowed under the automatic route.

(b) Existing projects- FDI upto 100% is allowed. The investment upto 74% is under the

automatic route and beyond 74% under the Government route

Banking –Private sector

FDI limit in Private Sector Banks is 74 % including investment by FIIs. This will include

FDI investment under the Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) by FIIs, NRIs and shares acquired

prior to September 16, 2003 by erstwhile OCBs, and continue to include IPOs, Private
placements, GDR/ADRs and acquisition of shares from existing shareholders. FDI as above upto
49% is under the automatic route and beyond that upto 74% on the Government route.

Why Countertrade?

1. The world debt crisis has made ordinary trade financing very risky.

- large banks and financial institutions are "risk adverse" in many of the hostile regions of the
world opening to trade

2. Many countries cannot obtain the trade credit or financial assistance to pay for desired
imports.

- the IMF and World Bank are increasingly restrictive in the way they allow governments to
operate

3. Countries are increasingly returning to the notion of bilateralism as a way to reduce trade
imbalances.

- some multilateral blocks have developed - but politics is easier on a one2one basis - so many
nations find it easier to cur deals directly with another single country

4. Countertrade is often viewed as an excellent mechanism to gain entry into new markets. The
party receiving the goods may become a new distributor, opening up new international marketing
channels and ultimately expanding the market.
- especially where 4X problems are challenging to solve

5. Providing countertrade services helps sellers differentiate its products from those of
competitors.

- flexibility is key to winning business in a global market that is more and more competitive to
vendors

Four Countertrade Strategies

Defensive. "Companies with a defensive countertrade strategy ostensibly do not countertrade at

all; however, they make many countertrade-type arrangements with buyer countries. These
companies will avoid any contractual countertrade obligations, but they make it clear to the
country that they will reciprocate in some way for the sale. Some companies will sell their
products at rock-bottom prices and promise to help the country with export development."

Passive. "Companies with passive countertrade strategies regard countertrade as a necessary evil.
They participate in countertrade at minimal level, on an ad hoc basis. Some companies operate
this way because they have product leverage (i.e., little or no competition), while others follow
the passive strategy because of disinterest in countertrade."

Reactive. "This is the most common strategy among American companies. Companies with
reacting strategies will cooperate with the buyer country in offset/countertrade requirements,
they use countertrade strictly as a competitive tool, on the theory that they cannot make the sale
unless they agree to countertrade."

Proactive. "Companies with proactive strategies have made a commitment to countertrade. They
use countertrade aggressively as a marketing tool, and are interested in making trading an active
and profitable part of their business. They regard offset and counterpurchase as an opportunity to
make money through trading, rather than as an inconvenience."

Six main types of countertrade

1 Offset
"Offset has traditionally been used by governments around the world when they have made
major purchases of military goods but is becoming increasingly common in other sectors. There
are two distinct types:

A. direct offset: "the supplier agrees to incorporate materials, components or sub-assemblies

which are procured from the importing country. In some large contracts, successful bidders may
be required to establish local production. Direct offset has been particularly common for trade in
defence systems and aircraft."

B. indirect offset: "the purchaser requires suppliers to enter into long term industrial (and
other) co-operation and investment but these are unconnnected to the supply contract and may be
either defence related or in the civil sector."

"The overall objective of offset either, direct or indirect, in the defence sector generally to
promote import substitution and to minimise the balance of payments deficit for military
purchases by developiing an indigenous industrial defence capability."

2. Counterpurchase

"A foreign supplier undertakes to purchase goods and services from the purchasing country as a
condition of securing the order. Counterpurchase is generally imposed for two reasons: first, to
stimulate exports and second, to alleviate the balance of payment deficit resulting from imported
goods."

3. Tolling

Manufacturers, in regions such as the Former Soviet Union, may sometimes be unable to service
customers because they lack the foreign exchange to buy raw materials. In a tolling deal, a
supplier himself provides the raw material (steel ingots, say) and hires capacity of the factory to
turn it into finished goods (e.g. steel tubes). These are then bought by a final customer who pays
the supplier in cash - throughout the process the supplier retains ownership of the material as it is
procecessed by the factory." - this is similar to Contract Manufacturing where the Contractor
provides much of the materials.

4. Barter
Barter is one of the most common methods of Countertrade. "In a barter deal, goods are
exchanged for goods - the principal export is paid for with goods (or services) from the
importing market. A single contract covers both flows and in the simpler case, no cash is
involved. In practice, however, the supply of the principal export is often released only when the
sale of the bartered goods has generated sufficient cash."

This means if Country A sells mining equipment to Country B in return for cigars - they will
probably hold some of the mining equipment back until they have made some good profit from
the cigars.

5. Buyback

"Here, suppliers of capital plant or equipment agree to be paid by the future output of the
investment concerned. For example exporters of equipment for a chemical plant may be repaid
with part of the resulting output from the factory. This practice is most common with exports of
process plant, mining equipment and similar orders. Buyback arrangements tend to be much
longer term and for larger ammounts than counterpurchase or barter deals."

6. Switch Trading

"Imbalances in long term bilateral trading agreements sometimes lead to the accumulation of
uncleared credit surpluses in one or other country, For example, Brazil at one time had a large
credit surplus with Poland. These surpluses can sometimes be tapped by third countries so that,
for example UK exports to Brazil could be financed from the sale of Polish goods to the UK or
elsewhere. Such transactions are known as ‘switch' or ‘swap' deals because they typically
involve switching the documentation (and destination) of goods on the high seas