WONE Global's guide to India records these changes under set-up and ownership. Each statement below has been checked against the source it links to.
Proposals from land-border-country investors in specified manufacturing sectors must be decided within 60 days of filing where the investor holds up to 49% and resident Indian citizens or Indian-owned entities keep majority shareholding and control at all times.
Sectors listed in Schedule II of the SOP, including capital goods, electronic components and electronic capital goods, polysilicon and ingot-wafer, advanced battery components and rare earth permanent magnets and processing. Central rule.
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) · Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Processing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Proposals ↗ Checked against an official source · Not yet professionally reviewed · checked 18 October 2026
Government-route FDI proposals are filed online on the Foreign Investment Facilitation Portal and assigned by DPIIT to the competent administrative ministry, with an indicative cumulative processing timeline of 12 weeks that excludes time taken by the applicant to supply information.
Standard Operating Procedure dated 4 May 2026; DPIIT has two further weeks for proposals proposed for rejection or extra conditions. Central rule.
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) · Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Processing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Proposals ↗ Checked against an official source · Not yet professionally reviewed · checked 18 October 2026
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