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Investing in India

Investing in India is attractive to international entrepreneurs because India's economy is growing at almost 9%, spawning huge opportunities in domestic manufacturing and hi-tech industries. On the other hand, foreign investors find making an investment in India challenging because of India's excessive bureaucracy and the government's priority to protecting Indian state enterprises. The following is an overview of the disadvantages and advantages of India investment and how Healy Consultants assists entrepreneurs enter this emerging market:

Entrepreneurs wishing to make an investment in India are discouraged by the country's reputation for bureaucracy. It ranks a lowly 124th in the Heritage Organisation's 2010 Index of Economic Freedom and an even lower 133rd place in the World Bank's Doing Business survey.

Before making an investment in India, Healy Consultants arranges tailored orientation programmes in the country, including familiarisation tours of key points of business interest, arranging meetings with banks to facilitate India investment, as well as viewings of office and residential properties in major cities including New Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta. Furthermore, some clients investing in India request our assistance with setting up meetings with government authorities and ministries.

Because India government fees and procedures are unclear, Healy Consultants minimises unwanted surprises for our clients by providing a detailed roadmap prior to their making an investment in India. This includes providing an expected chronological timeframe for the India investment process, as well as expected costs. For example, an investor is required to pay the minimum capital requirement of US$2,250 when investing in India.

The most popular company type for entrepreneurs making an investment in India is a limited liability company (LLC). An LLC can obtain a government trade license, rent India business premises and open a local corporate bank account.

An Indian LLC is required to pay a 33% corporate tax on income above Rs1 million (US$25,000). However, an Indian company accesses a wide network of double tax treaties with countries including Australia, Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the UK and the US.

A minimum of two shareholders and two directors is required when making an investment in India. The directors and shareholders need not be India-resident and can be of any nationality. When investing in India, directors and shareholders' details are available for viewing on a public register.

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For more information on investing in India, contact email@healyconsultants.com or call us in Singapore at (+65) 6735 0120.

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