Foreign Direct Investment Services

Are you interested in investing in India? We can help. Our FDI servicescover a broad range of sectors and activities, streamlining and simplifying your process. We offer you qualified advice regarding the investment options and means available to you and can aid you in everything from the documentation of cases for approval to the obtaining of permissions from the Reserve Bank of India, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board and all other pertinent institutions. We also offer advice on foreign exchange management among our wide array of options to ensure the ease and success of your investment in India.

With the recent push to further open up markets to increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the Government of India has put several measures into place that allow for foreign investors in more sectors to make use of the automatic approval route. Foreign Direct Investment ofup to 100 % is possible in most sectors and FDI benefitting from the automatic approval route does not require the advance approval of the Government of India or the Reserve Bank of India.

The following activities/sectors are not eligible for approval through the automatic route and require advance consent from the Government of India:

Investments in sectors not open to FDI

In certain cases, investing in the acquisitions of shares in an existing Indian company

Investments that require an Industrial License

Proposed investments in which the foreign investor has a pre-existing venture or collaboration with an Indian partner. In such cases, the investor is required to prove that the new investment will not in any way prejudice the existing venture.

Are you considering establishing an information technology (IT)-based business? India is a premier destination for international corporations seeking to form information technology and information technology enabled businesses. Incentives include:

• A large, English speaking and highly qualified workforce
• Special attention paid to aiding IT investors by both the regional and central governments
• Cost effective set-up options
• Export-oriented units that register under the Software Technology Parks scheme offered by the Government of Indiahave access to a range of benefits including single-point contact services, freedom of location within India and more.(Please see our STPsection below for more information.)

We provide services that help you easily navigate the necessary requirements of setting up your business while making sure that you reap the full benefits of opportunities like the Software Technology Parks (STP) scheme. Contact us to learn how we can help you today.

The Software Technology Parks (STP) scheme was set up to encourage and promote software exports from India. STPis a 100% export-oriented scheme for computer software development and export and includes the export of related professional services employing communication links or physical media.

These are just some of the benefits of setting up your software technology unit under the STP scheme :

• 100% foreign equity is permitted
• Single-point clearance is provided, allowing for ease and speed of operations
• STP units can be established anywhere in India
• Duty-free hardware & software imports for STP units are permitted
• Second hand capital goods imports are also permitted
• Re-export of capital goods is permitted

Contact us to learn more aboutpotential STP benefits to your software technology business.