Government eyes smoother investment path; Large and growing market makes India an attractive gamble for BDI, says Industrie Secy – Times of India

New Delhi: from combing instructions in the center and in the states to make it easier for companies to invest, to classify and make investment pitches to global companies, GOVT wants to ensure that foreign direct investments (FDI) remain strong in the country.India saw the inflow of DBI increasing by 13.6% to $ 81 billion, and GOVT wants to build on it, despite growing protectionism in the US and other countries.“There is a lot of work going on with the States; we are pushing and help them to set a simpler regulatory framework, decriminalize laws and to have a single windows system that is benchmarked,” Amardep Singh Bhatia, secretary for promotion of industry and internal trade toi toi. To erase proposals, the States are encouraged to have a single windows system that lists the number of services offered, the time required for every approval and the required documents, where every benchmark to the best performing, he said. A Task Force led by cabinet secretary TV Somanathan also works together with the States to remove obstacles to investments: changes in land use, construction -related permissions or work and other regulations. Bhatia said that states are looking for land available for projects, a common care for investors, with the industrial parks of the center and corridors that want to offer plug-and-play facilities.“We (Center) assess all our regulations for sectoral (FDI) to see if the process can be simplified,” said Bhatia, adding that consultations with stakeholders have been held and various problems have been tackled. Regulators revise the regulations to ensure that approvals come faster. Although he said that sectoral DBI caps were already liberal, insurance regulator Irdai has set up a panel to revise the law, including plans to allow 100% BDI in the sector. The movements come at a time when Donald Trump tries to make American companies, including Apple, invest in the US. To the question, Bhatia said: “Companies are working on a resilient supply chain, and a certain part of the production naturally comes to India, since it currently has a large domestic market that will grow steadily. There is a very strong positive interest from investors, who has translated into larger BDI flows to the country.“Moreover, he added, India has the” whole spectrum of skills “to attract investments in production and R&D.Asked for the large FDI outflows, which Net -BDI achieved with 97% to 383 million in FY25, Bhatia said that part of it was due to companies that repeat funds after IPOs, while Indian companies also invest abroad. “Indian companies are growing in scale worldwide and they invest abroad to bind resources, technology and to be part of the global value chain. It will generate more dividends and intake in the future.“