Home>>India>>Investment and Other Sector Policies>>Investment Policy>>Foreign Investment Policy Sectorial CapsForeign Investment Policy Sectorial CapsFDI - Sector-wise regulation in Foreign Investment (illustrative)Foreign Investment is permitted in India in the following different activities with the caps indicated therein:Automatic route specified activities subject to sectoral cap and conditions (if any)

1. AirportsGreenfieldExisting100%74%

2. Air-transport services - scheduledNon resident IndiansFDI100%49%

3. Air-transport services - non scheduled / chartered and cargo airlinesNon resident IndiansFDI100%74%

4. Air transport services -(others Helicopter services / separate services specified)100%

5. Alcohol distillation and brewing100%

6. Banking (private sector)74% / 100%

7. Civil Aviation Services Ground Handling ServicesNon resident IndiansFDI100%74%

Maintenance and repair organisations, flying training institutes and technical training institutions100%

Coal and lignite mining(specified)100%

Coffee, rubber processing and warehousing100%

Construction development projects(specified)100%

Drugs and Pharmaceuticals(including those involving use of recombinant DNA technology)100%

Floriculture, horticulture, development of seeds, animal husbandry, pisciculture, aqua culture, cultivation of vegetables and mushrooms (specified and services) related to agro and allied sectors100%

Hazardous chemicals(specified)100%

Industrial explosives manufacture100%

Industrial parks100%

Insurance26%

Mining covering exploration and mining of diamonds and precious stones, gold, silver and minerals100%

Non banking finance companies (specified)(specified)100%

Petroleum and Natural GasRefining (private companies) Other specified areas100%100%

Power including generation(except atomic energy),transmissions, distribution and Power Trading100%

Special Economic Zones(setting up of zones and setting up of units in these zones)100%

TelecommunicationBasic / Cellular services unified access services, value added and other specified servicesISP with gateways, radio paging end to end bandwidth ISP without gatewayInfrastructure provider (specified), electronic mail and voice mail Manufacture of telecom equipment49%49%49%49%100%

TradingWholesale / cash and carryTrading for exports100%100%

Prior approval from FIPB where investment is above sectoral cap for activities listed below:Existing airportsbeyond 74% upto 100%

Asset reconstruction companies49%

BroadcastingFM RadioCable networkDirector-to-home (DTH)Setting up hardware facilitiesUplinking a news and current affairs TV channelUplining of non news and current affairs TV channel20%49%49%49%26%100%

Cigar and Cigarette manufacture100%

Commodity Exchanges49%

Courier services other than those under the ambit of Indian Post Office Act, 1898100%

Credit Information Companies49%

Defense production26%

Investment companies in infrastructure / services sector (except telecom)100%

Mining and mineral separation of titanium bearing minerals and ores, its value addition and integrated activities100%

Petroleum and Natural Gas - Refining (PSU)49%

Print MediaPublishing of newspaper and periodicals dealing with news current affairsPublic of scientific magazines / specialty journals / periodicals26%100%

Satellite Establishments and Operation74%

Tea Sector - including tea plantation100%

TelecommunicationBasic / cellular services unified access services, value added and other specified servicesbeyond 49% upto 74%

ISP with gateways, radio paging, end to end bandwidthbeyond 49% upto 74%

ISP without gateway, infrastructure provider (specified) electronic mail and voice mailbeyond 49% upto 100%

TradingTrading of items sources from Small Scale sector100%

Test marketing of such items for which a company has approval for manufacture100%

Single brand product retailing51%