INDIAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE RESTORES MAURITIUS’ ELIGIBILITY TO CATEGORY 1 FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS

By an Order of the India’s Ministry of Finance of 13 April 2020, the Central Government specifies Mauritius as an eligible country for the purposes of the SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations 2019. It entitles a Mauritius foreign portfolio investor to apply for a Category 1 FPI Licence and gives implicit recognition to Mauritius entities as being appropriately regulated.