By Richard Rossow — Status: Not Started — India’s business regulators use different formats for public review of draft regulations, often leaving little time for review and comments from stakeholders Medium Difficulty: With Opposition — Adopting a standardized cost-benefit analysis…
By Anit Mukherjee — Status: Not Started — Since the 1970s, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stipulated that 40 percent of credit allocation for domestic and 32 percent for foreign commercial banks should be targeted towards agriculture, micro, small,…
Bihar plans special session to extend caste reservation for 10 years; Delhi to hold assembly election on February 8 with results on February 11; Haryana subsidizes electricity for horticulture-based industries; Maharashtra issues new rooftop solar regulations; Kerala assembly passes a…
By Arun Kumar Sharma — Status: Not Started — The current limit of six percent of the outstanding stock of government securities on foreign institutional investors announced on March 27, 2019 by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should be…
By Aman Thakker — Status: Not Started — India only allows 51 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. Further, tough investment regulations targeting foreign investors in this sector have hampered foreign investments. High Difficulty: Legislation, Light Opposition —…
By Raymond E. Vickery, Jr — Status: Partially Done — Kerosene meant for Public Distribution System (PDS) remains price controlled and subsidized. Despite deregulating non-PDS kerosene during the first term, Prime Minister Modi’s government incrementally raised the control price of…
By Aman Thakker — Status: Not Started — Foreign direct investment (FDI) Policy last amended in June 2016 to allow 49 percent FDI; 100 percent FDI allowed based on government approval for cases where FDI “is likely to result in…
Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh top SDG India Index 2019; Andhra Pradesh considers decentralization of state capital; Delhi passes new electric vehicle policy; Karnataka allows shops to be open 24×7; Maharashtra discom opposes net metering for rooftop solar due…
By Raymond E. Vickery, Jr — Status: Incomplete — Acquisition price for domestically-produced gas largely set by government through a formula using prices in several developed markets. Pricing of gas from new, deepwater, and high pressure/high temperature wells liberalized but…
By Kriti Upadhyaya — Status: Incomplete — In 2017, the Union cabinet approved the formation of the rail development authority (RDA). This reform further requires an executive order, and an initial allocation of $6.9 million to set up the RDA.…
By Aman Thakker — Status: Not Started — The Fair Compensation in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement Act, 2013 requires that states obtain approval from at least 80 percent of residents before buying land; making it difficult to find plots for…
By Richard Rossow — Status: Not Started — With changes to India’s bilateral tax treaties with Mauritius and Singapore, India should be more comfortable outlining the real origins of FDI. Difficulty Level: Easy, No Legislation & No Opposition — Simply…
