Sources for the manufacturing guide

About these sources

Statuses across the manufacturing pages are as of 1 October 2026. Sources marked “secondary” are commentary or press reports rather than the primary text. Links are given as published by the source; some may move.

Investment guides, FDI and FEMA

Invest India. Doing Business in India: Investor’s Guide 2025-26, 2025. Link
Invest India. Navigating India’s Legal and Regulatory Framework, December 2025. Link
DPIIT (Foreign Investment Facilitation Portal). Standard Operating Procedure for Processing FDI Proposals, 4 May 2026. Link
DPIIT (copy hosted by Invest India). Consolidated FDI Policy 2020, 15 Oct 2020, as amended. Link
Reserve Bank of India. Master Direction – Foreign Investment in India (updated up to 15 June 2026), 15 June 2026. Link
Reserve Bank of India. Foreign Exchange Management (Mode of Payment and Reporting of Non-Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019 (FEMA 395), 17 October 2019. Link
Reserve Bank of India. Master Direction – Establishment of Branch Office, Liaison Office and Project Office in India, as updated. Link
PIB (Ministry of Commerce and Industry). India Records USD 81.04 Billion FDI Inflow in FY 2024–25, 27 May 2025. Link
PIB (DPIIT). IEM services migrated to the National Single Window System, 1 Oct 2025. Link

Land-border rule: Press Note 2 (2026)

Vistra (secondary). India eases FDI rules for countries sharing land borders, 2026. Link
Saraf and Partners (secondary). DPIIT issues Press Note No. 2 (2026 Series), 2026. Link
Legal500 (secondary). A complete guide to Press Note 2, 2026 and the FEMA NDI amendments, 18 Jun 2026. Link

Tax, customs and GST

Government of India (Gazette). Finance Act, 2026 (No. 4 of 2026), 30 Mar 2026. Link
Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Memorandum explaining the provisions in the Finance Bill, 2026, 1 Feb 2026. Link
Ministry of Finance. Budget Speech 2026-27, 1 Feb 2026. Link
BDO India. Key amendments to the Finance Bill 2026 as passed by Lok Sabha, 27 Mar 2026. Link
RSM India. Key Amendments in the Finance Act, 2026 vis-à-vis the Finance Bill, 2026, 2026. Link
SCC Online (secondary). Lok Sabha passes Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, 7 Aug 2026. Link
India Briefing (Dezan Shira) (secondary). India’s Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Act 2026, 19 Aug 2026. Link
KPMG TaxNewsFlash. India: GAAR applied to deny capital gains exemption under Mauritius treaty, 20 Jan 2026. Link
Khaitan & Co. SC denies India-Mauritius tax treaty benefit for Tiger Global, 16 Jan 2026. Link
PIB. Safe harbour for IT services: Budget 2026-27 release, 1 Feb 2026. Link
Aurtus. Transfer pricing alert: safe harbour rules, Feb 2026. Link
CLC Law. Safe harbour, APA and transfer pricing under the Income-tax Rules 2026, 2026. Link
PIB (Ministry of Finance). Recommendations of the 56th GST Council meeting, 3 Sep 2025. Link
KPMG India (secondary). Recommendations of the 56th GST Council meeting, September 2025. Link
The Tribune / ANI (secondary). Low-risk businesses to get GST registration within 3 days from 1 November, 23 September 2025. Link
Mumbai Customs Zone I (CBIC). Manufacturing and Other Operations in a Customs Bonded Warehouse (MOOWR), undated. Link

Sector and market data

Invest India. India Opportunity, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
Invest India. Capital Goods sector page, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
Invest India. Electronic Components & Materials sector page, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
Invest India. Electronic Products sector page, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
Invest India. Chemicals sector page, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
Invest India. Textiles & Apparel sector page, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
Invest India. Defence Manufacturing sector page, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
Invest India. State pages: Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link

Electronics and semiconductor schemes

PIB. Cabinet approves Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme, 28 Mar 2025. Link
PIB. Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme: guidelines and portal launch, 26 Apr 2025. Link
PIB. Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme: Budget 2026-27 backgrounder, 3 Feb 2026. Link
NeGD (MeitY). Government approves 22 proposals under the 3rd tranche of ECMS, Jan 2026. Link
All India Radio News. Centre approves 22 electronics manufacturing projects with ₹41,863 crore investment, 2 Jan 2026. Link
Free Press Journal (secondary). India approves ₹41,863 crore investment from Foxconn, Dixon, Tata and Samsung, Jan 2026. Link
Deccan Herald (secondary). Electronics component manufacturing scheme attracts Rs 1.15 lakh crore in proposals, 2 Oct 2025. Link
IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute (secondary). ECMS: key insights from August 2026 approvals, Aug 2026. Link
Business Standard. Govt approves 31 proposals for ₹7,877 crore investment under ECMS, 17 Aug 2026. Link
PIB. Cabinet approves semiconductor unit in Uttar Pradesh (HCL–Foxconn), 14 May 2025. Link
PIB. Cabinet approves semiconductor units in Odisha, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh, 12 Aug 2025. Link
PIB. Cabinet approves Semicon 2.0, 15 Jul 2026. Link
DD India (Prasar Bharati). Cabinet approves Rs 1.27 lakh crore Semicon 2.0, Jul 2026. Link
India Semiconductor Mission. Semicon 2.0 scheme page and Gazette notification, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
ANI. Semicon 2.0 sets investment thresholds, offers 40% fab subsidy, 31 Aug 2026. Link
IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute (secondary). India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 (2026), 2026. Link

PLI, industrial, jobs and export schemes

PIB. PLI scheme: investment, production, exports and jobs, 22 Mar 2025. Link
PIB. PLI schemes: investment, production and incentives paid, 27 Mar 2026. Link
PIB (Ministry of Textiles). Textile PLI amendments; application portal open till 31 December 2025, 9 Oct 2025. Link
PIB. PLI Scheme for Textiles: last date for new applications extended to 31 March 2026, 2 Jan 2026. Link
PIB (Ministry of Steel). Third round of PLI scheme for Specialty Steel (PLI 1.2), 4 Nov 2025. Link
PIB. Cabinet approves Rs 7,280 crore REPM scheme, 26 Nov 2025. Link
All India Radio News. Ministry of Heavy Industries invites global bids for rare earth magnet manufacturing units, 20 Mar 2026. Link
Fiinews. 20 bids received for REPM scheme, 14 Aug 2026. Link
Ministry of Heavy Industries (via Invest India). Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Capital Goods Sector, Phase II (notification), Jan 2022. Link
PIB. Employment Linked Incentive Scheme approved, 1 Jul 2025. Link
PIB (Ministry of Labour and Employment). Four Labour Codes made effective, 21 Nov 2025. Link
PIB. Cabinet approves 12 industrial nodes under NICDP, 28 Aug 2024. Link
PIB. Cabinet approves Export Promotion Mission, 12 Nov 2025. Link

Defence and company examples

PIB (Ministry of Defence). BEL and Safran Electronics & Defence sign Joint Venture Cooperation Agreement, 24 Nov 2025. Link
Gulf News (Reuters) (secondary). Foxconn to invest $194 million in new plant in India’s Tamil Nadu, 31 Jul 2023. Link

State policies

Tamil Nadu Single Window Portal (Guidance Tamil Nadu). Tamil Nadu Industrial Policy 2021: incentives, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
Guidance Tamil Nadu. Incentives offered by the Government of Tamil Nadu, retrieved 1 Oct 2026. Link
Government of Gujarat, Department of Science and Technology (via Invest India). Gujarat Electronics Component Manufacturing Policy 2025, 22 Jun 2025. Link
ANI. Gujarat CM announces Gujarat Electronics Component Manufacturing Policy, 22 Jun 2025. Link
Government of Maharashtra (via Invest India). Maharashtra Industry, Investment & Services Policy 2025, GR 31 Dec 2025. Link
Grant Thornton Bharat (secondary). Government of Karnataka announces the Karnataka Industrial Policy 2025-30, 2025. Link
Government of Uttar Pradesh (via Invest India). Uttar Pradesh Industrial Investment & Employment Promotion Policy 2022, 2022. Link

Note: These pages summarise laws, policies and schemes as of 1 October 2026; they change frequently and are subject to conditions and notifications not reproduced here. They are general information, not legal, tax or investment advice. Statistics are quoted from the sources listed and have not been independently audited. Invest India is the Government of India’s national investment promotion and facilitation agency; this guide is not affiliated with it.