Invest In India

Prohibited Sectors

Investment by foreign entities is completely prohibited in the following sectors:

  • Lottery Business including Government/private lottery, online lotteries etc.
  • Gambling and Betting including casinos etc.
  • Chit funds
  • Nidhi company
  • Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs)
  • Real Estate Business or Construction of Farm Houses
  • Manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes
  • Activities/sectors not open to private sector investment are Atomic Energy and Railway Operations