Tag: External Affairs

FII Stake Not Outside FDI Limit

The finance ministry has blocked a proposal from the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) to allow foreign institutional investors (FII) to invest over and above the sectoral caps on foreign investment. FII stake should not be taken into consideration while calculating FDI in sectors, for example telecom, which have a foreign investment cap, […]

Goa To Appoint NRIs

Goa is set to become the first state in India to appoint non-resident Indians (NRIs) to various boards and corporations. Eduardo Faleiro, former minister of state for external affairs and currently Goa’s commissioner for NRI affairs, told, “Putting Goan expatriates on state boards and corporation is one of our various steps to reconnect them with […]