Reply: Branch office has to register with the Registrar of Companies.
Could India explain the conditions for the operations of the branch of a foreign company, including in which sectors there are restrictions on this?
Reply: According to Companies Act, a branch is defined as any new physical outlet of a business. There is no definition of a branch of a foreign company in the meaning of representative entity in India (except for financial services).
A branch office has to register with the Registrar of Companies. Further, FDI is restricted for following sectors as such a foreign entity engaged in following area cannot open a branch office:
