Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for sustainable development.
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The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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India
New FDI rules for e-commerce
01 Feb 2019Effective from 1 February 2019, the Government of India introduced several changes in its FDI policy for e-commerce. The new rules are reported to aim at safeguarding the interests of offline retailers. The key changes, among others, are: • Marketplace entities (entities providing information technology platforms to act as a facilitator between buyers and sellers) cannot buy more than 25% from a single vendor; • Entities in which there is equity participation by the marketplace entities or having control on its inventory by marketplace entities cannot sell their products on the platform run by the marketplace entities; • Marketplace entities cannot mandate any seller to sell any product exclusively on its platform; and • Marketplace entities are required to submit a compliance report to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by 30 September every year.
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Type:
- Treatment and operation (Operational conditions )
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Industry:
- Services (Wholesale and retail trade)
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Sources:
- Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Review of the policy on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in e-commerce, https://dipp.gov.in/sites/default/files/pn2_2018.pdf, 26 Dec 2018
- The Economic Times, What are India's new foreign direct investment rules for e-commerce? Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67777125.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=c, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/what-are-indias-new-foreign-direct-investment-rules-for-e-commerce/articleshow/67777125.cms, 31 Jan 2019
- Livemint, What India e-commerce policy entails for online retailers, https://www.livemint.com/Industry/4e8rKuiaJSGmsNU5BXUSvM/What-India-ecommerce-policy-entails-for-online-retailers.html, 16 Jan 2019
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the Investment Policy Monitors and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2024, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2012 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for sustainable development.
-
The UNCTAD's Investment Policy Monitor database include official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting FDI (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures with a clear impact on foreign investment (FDI-related). The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases). The classification of measures as more or less favourable is based solely on their potential impact on investors.
Note: Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.