According to the Department for the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) press release issued on Monday, it is clarified that FDI is not permitted in an entity that engages in or proposes to engage in real estate business, construction of farms and commercialization of transferable development rights.
He added that earning rent/income on the rental of a property, not constituting a transfer, will not constitute a real estate business.
“Real estate business means dealing in land and real estate with a view to profit and does not include the development of townships, the construction of residential/commercial premises, roads or bridges, educational institutions , recreational facilities, infrastructure at the level of the city and the region, cantons…”, said the note.
FDI is prohibited in real estate business and construction of farms, according to the press release.
In addition, the DPIIT has also made changes to the standards relating to the acquisition of shares under a merger/demerger/merger regime.
The merged or new entity “may issue capital instruments to existing shareholders of the transferring company residing outside India,” the note said.
“Where a plan of compromise or arrangement or amalgamation or amalgamation of two or more Indian companies, or a reconstruction by way of division or otherwise of an Indian company … the transferee company or the new company, as the case may be, may issue equity instruments to existing shareholders of the surrendering company residing outside India,” he said.
This will be subject to certain conditions, he added.
He added that earning rent/income on the rental of a property, not constituting a transfer, will not constitute a real estate business.
“Real estate business means dealing in land and real estate with a view to profit and does not include the development of townships, the construction of residential/commercial premises, roads or bridges, educational institutions , recreational facilities, infrastructure at the level of the city and the region, cantons…”, said the note.
FDI is prohibited in real estate business and construction of farms, according to the press release.
In addition, the DPIIT has also made changes to the standards relating to the acquisition of shares under a merger/demerger/merger regime.
The merged or new entity “may issue capital instruments to existing shareholders of the transferring company residing outside India,” the note said.
“Where a plan of compromise or arrangement or amalgamation or amalgamation of two or more Indian companies, or a reconstruction by way of division or otherwise of an Indian company … the transferee company or the new company, as the case may be, may issue equity instruments to existing shareholders of the surrendering company residing outside India,” he said.
This will be subject to certain conditions, he added.
