India's market regulator is pushing banks and other regulators to tighten enforcement of insider-trading rules, in particular safeguarding unpublished price sensitive information, the regulator's chief said. Feedback has been gathered across 77 meetings with foreign portfolio investors over the year, Pandey said, adding that rules are being changed where needed. India classifies overseas investment of up to 10% as foreign portfolio investment while larger holdings fall under foreign direct investment and are subject to sectoral caps and in some cases security checks. Easing regulations for foreign investors has been seen as important at a time when portfolio and longer term strategic investments have been weak. Overseas portfolio investors sold $18 billion in Indian equities in 2025.

Source: The Telegraph March 02, 2026 04:50 UTC