7月16日,印度政府决定推出针对12个领域外国直接投资条件的改革措施,大幅放宽对外资的限制。此措施涉及电信、保险、石油、天然气和国防等重点行业,主要包括两方面,一是提高外国直接投资在该领域的投资比例上限。印度政府将电信领域的外国直接投资比例上限由原来的74%提高至100%;在保险行业,外国直接投资上限也提高到了49%。二是减少投资审批环节,扩大“自动生效”的范围,将原先需由印度外国投资促进局批准的某些投资 On July 16, the Indian government decided to introduce reform measures targeting the conditions of foreign direct investment in 12 areas, substantially easing the restrictions on foreign investment. The measure involves major industries such as telecommunications, insurance, petroleum, natural gas and defense. The measures include two major aspects. The first is to increase the ceiling on the proportion of foreign direct investment in this field. The Indian government raised the upper limit on foreign direct investment in telecommunications from 74% to 100%, and in the insurance industry, the foreign direct investment cap has also risen to 49%. Second, to reduce the investment examination and approval process, to expand the scope of “automatic entry into force,” the original need to be approved by the Indian Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of certain investments