Foreign direct investment limits in various sectors of India

0% FDI is permitted in

Agriculture (except Tea)
Housing and real estate [except NRI]
Lottery, Gambling

26% FDI is permitted in

Defence
Insurance
Newspaper and media
Petroleum refining

49% FDI is permitted in

Banking
Cable network
DTH
Infrastructure investment
Telecom

74% FDI is permitted in

Atomic minerals
Science Magazines /Journals
Petro marketing
Coal and Lignite mines
Telecom

100% FDI is permitted in

Single Brand Retail
Advertizement
Airports
Cold-storage
BPO/Call centres
E-commerce
Energy (except atomic)
export trading house
Films
Hotel, tourism
Metro train
Mines (gold, silver)
Petroleum exploration
Pharmaceuticals
Pollution control
Postal service
Roads, highways, ports.
Township
Wholesale trading