Articles and Updates

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020: A Few Hits And Many Misses
  • Pranav Srivastava and Aashna Kothiyal - 28-09-2020

Our partner Pranav Srivastava and associate Aashna Kothiyal discuss the recent amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010.

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India Forays Into Private Operation Of Passenger Trains: An Insight
  • Pranav Srivastava and Nikhil Pareek - 20-02-2020

India has the fifth largest railway network in the world which is managed and operated by the Ministry of Railways, Government of India (MOR). The MOR manages and operates the trains on the Indian Railway (IR) network. Till now, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), a Government of India owned listed entity, was the only private entity (although owned by the Government) permitted to operate passenger trains on select routes. Despite the size of the IR network, there is a huge unmet demand due to capacity constraints which often leads to loss of passenger business to other modes of transport.

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Recent Liberalization Of FDI Policy – An Update
  • Abhishek Saxena and Pranav Srivastava and Nikhil Pareek - 08-07-2016

Foreign investment, comprising, amongst others, of foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment, in India is regulated by the (Indian) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA). Additionally, the Government of India, from time to time, notifies its policy on FDI and prescribes the sectoral caps and other conditions for FDI.

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