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India's bilateral investment restrictive: Panagariya

The Dollar Business Bureau The bilateral investment agreements of India come out to be ‘restrictive’ whereas China is emerging as a key player when it comes to foreign investments, said Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman, Niti Aayog on Tuesday.  “China is now emerging as a provider of outward investment. It is looking out to set rules for outward investment...Our own bilateral investment treaty happens to be rather restrictive," Panagariya said while speaking at the International G20 Conference organised by ICRIER in New Delhi.  As per the data by Chinese government, during the January-April 2016 period, the Chinese investors had done direct overseas investment in 3,434 entities of 150 nations and regions. The direct overseas investment valued to RMB 391.45 billion (about $60.08 billion, an increase of ...

Budget 2016-17: FDI relaxed in insurance, pension, ARC's, stock exchanges

With a view to promote 'Make in India' and following the practices in advanced countries, foreign investors will be accorded 'residency status' subject to certain conditions Source: PTI Investment limit for foreign entities in Indian stock exchanges will be enhanced from 5% to 15% on par with domestic institutions   In order to attract more foreign investment, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday proposed significant liberalisation of FDI norms in a host of sectors including insurance, pension, ARCs and stock exchanges. In the insurance and pension sectors, foreign investment will be allowed through automatic route for up to 49% subject to the guidelines on Indian management and control, to be verified by the regulators. Earlier, foreign investment up to 26% was allowed through automatic route. ...