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Lost in Layers: lower threshold for subsidiaries under ODI norms raises concern
Vinita Nair, Senior Partner | Vinod Kothari & Company | corplaw@vinodkothari.com
It is quite common for entities to have subsidiaries in India and outside India in order to undertake business activities. The norms for incorporating a subsidiary in India is mainly governed by provisions of Companies Act, 2013 (‘CA, 2013’) and also the FDI norms for investment in the non-debt instruments, where the investment is being made by a person resident outside India. Similarly, the norms for incorporating a subsidiary outside India is mainly governed by provisions of CA, 2013 and also ODI norms for investment in the non-debt instruments. Additionally, there is a concept of restriction on layers of subsidiaries, prescribed under CA, 2013 and also under the new regime, which has raised cause of concern as well as confusion among India Inc., which is intended to be addressed by the author in this article.
RBI, effective from August 22, 2022 notified norms on Overseas Investment (‘OI’) in the form of OI Rules, OI Regulations and OI Directions. Read our article on the overview of the OI norms here. Our presentation can be accessed here.
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FCS Vinita Nair | Senior Partner, Vinod Kothari & Company | corplaw@vinodkothari.com
Investments by Indian entities outside India is a very common phenomenon and several companies have presence outside India by virtue of forming a Joint Venture (‘JV’) and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (‘WOS’). While the intent is to permit investment overseas, however, with reasonable fetters to ensure that money is not siphoned outside India. Hence, the prescribed limits along with approval and reporting requirements.
With the enforcement of amendment proposed in Finance Act, 2015 in October, 2019[1] powers vested with Central Government (CG) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with respect to permissible Capital Account Transaction were revisited. Power to frame rules relating to Non-Debt instruments (‘NDI’) were vested with CG and to frame regulations relating to debt instruments were vested with RBI. The scope of NDI inter alia covers all investment in equity instruments in incorporated entities: public, private, listed and unlisted; acquisition, sale or dealing directly in immoveable property.
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