Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
                
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                   Joined November 2008
                
               
			  
			  
             
            
             
	Dear Ramanju,
	 
	As such there is no such restriction, if your company comes under automatic route you have to only send a report to RBI through Authorised Dealer Category I Bank in form FCGPR with in 30 days of allotment. Further, a report is also required to be send to RBI within 30 days of receipt of amount being the foreing inward remittance.
	 
	Otherwise you have to obtain a approval from the Central Government through FIPB. And then you can allot shares to them.
	 
	Please refer Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of securities by a person resident outside India) Regulations, 2000.
	And RBI Master Circular foreign Investment In India.