India Investment Desk · Indo Sattvai Capital Advisory · Private & Institutional Clients
Ref · IS-INV-2026
India Market Entry
Invest in India. We handle the entry.

From first thesis to an operating Indian company — FDI structuring, regulatory filings, PLI incentives, and full on-ground execution from a single desk. The upside stays yours.

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Key Indicators
$3.7T
GDP Target · 2030
100%
FDI in 27+ Sectors
14
PLI Sectors Open
2–4wk
Time to Incorporate
$3.7T GDP Target by 2030 100% Foreign Ownership Permitted ₹100 Lakh Cr Infrastructure Pipeline 14 PLI Sectors · $26B in Incentives 500GW Renewable Energy Target Fastest-Growing Major Economy $500B Infrastructure Pipeline 60+ FTA Markets in Scope
The Macro Case

The window is open. Now.

Every decade, one country becomes the world's preferred destination for capital. India is that country today — and the fundamentals are structurally different from every prior cycle.

$3.7T
GDP by 2030 · Projection

On track to become the world's third-largest economy this decade — driven by consumption, infrastructure and digital transformation at scale.

140cr
Consumer base

The world's largest and youngest middle-class expansion story is still in its first act.

100%
FDI in 27 sectors

Auto, defence, telecom, renewables, logistics — full foreign ownership under the automatic route.

14+
PLI sectors open

Production-Linked Incentive schemes across 14+ sectors totalling over $26B in committed government incentives.

$500B
Infrastructure pipeline

National Infra Pipeline — roads, ports, rail, airports, data centres — actively seeking global capital partners.

60+
FTA market access

Preferential trade access to dozens of economies through India's active and in-progress trade agreements.

Why This Cycle Is Different

Structural tailwinds, not a moment.

The policy architecture behind India's growth is deliberate, funded and already in motion.

PM Gati Shakti — ₹100 Lakh Cr Infra PushMulti-modal connectivity across 25 states.
PLI Schemes — 14 sectors, $26B incentivesProduction-linked incentives for global manufacturers.
500GW Renewable Target by 2030The largest clean-energy build-out in Asian history.
Digital India — 850M connected usersThe world's largest fintech and e-commerce opportunity.
01 — The Honest Part

Entering India alone is where good theses quietly stall.

The opportunity is rarely the problem. The friction is. Every foreign investor meets the same five walls — and each one costs weeks, money, or control.

01

An unfamiliar regulator

FDI runs through RBI and FEMA rules written for insiders. One wrong filing and the structure is compromised before you've earned a rupee.

02

Time you can't afford

Coordinating incorporation, banking, approvals and tax from abroad turns a few weeks of work into a few quarters of waiting.

03

A dozen disconnected vendors

Lawyer, CA, company secretary, banker, broker, recruiter — none own the outcome, and the gaps between them become yours.

04

Incentives left on the table

PLI, SEZ and state benefits worth real money are routinely missed by investors who didn't know to claim them in time.

05

Repatriation discovered too late

The worst surprises come at the end — when profits won't move cleanly out because the structure was never built to let them. Day-one decisions decide day-one-thousand outcomes.

02 — The Difference

The same goal, two very different journeys.

This is the whole case in one frame. The destination is identical; the path, the speed and the risk are not.

Going alone
With the Indo Sattvai desk
Months of trial and error across timezones
A wholly-owned subsidiary live in weeks
Twelve vendors, no one accountable
One desk, one point of contact, one owner of the outcome
Structure guessed, fixed later at a cost
Structured day one for control and clean repatriation
Incentives you never knew existed
Every PLI, SEZ and state benefit you qualify for, captured
Compliance risk that follows you
FEMA, RBI and tax kept audit-clean as you scale
03 — Your Return On A Desk

Six things you walk away with — hard to buy any other way.

Speed

Entry measured in weeks, not months. You start operating while others are still filing.

Control

Up to 100% ownership retained, structured so profits and capital move out cleanly.

Savings

The incentives you're entitled to — PLI, SEZ, state schemes — claimed, not forgotten.

Certainty

Regulatory and tax obligations handled and documented, so there are no late surprises.

One accountable desk

A single owner of your India entry — not a relay race between vendors.

Local edge

Vetted partners, banking, hiring and premises — the on-ground reality, managed for you.

04 — What It Looks Like

Your first ninety days, on one page.

No mystery, no open-ended retainer. A defined path from your thesis to a company that's running.

Week 0

Thesis & route

We pressure-test your plan and pick the sector, structure and entry route.

Week 1–2

Structure locked

Entity, ownership and repatriation designed and agreed before anything is filed.

Week 2–4

Incorporated

Company registered, RBI/FEMA filings made, banking and PAN/GST in motion.

Week 4–8

Stood up

Premises, first hires, vetted partners and the incentives you qualify for, secured.

Day 90

Operating

A running Indian business — with one desk still accountable for what comes next.

90

From first thesis to an operating Indian company — a defined timeline, a fixed scope, and one desk accountable from day zero to day ninety and beyond.

Why Indo Sattvai

A desk that sits in India, for you.

In-Country

We sit in India, for you

Between your boardroom and India's regulators, banks and partners — so entry is a managed process, never a leap of faith.

End-to-End

One desk owns the arc

Strategy, structuring, FEMA/RBI compliance, tax and incentives, on-ground execution, and repatriation — owned in one place.

Discreet

Confidential by default

Your thesis, timeline and numbers stay between us until you decide to move. Nothing leaves the desk without your word.

05 — Begin The Brief

India won't wait.
Neither should you.

Tell us your sector, timeline and ambition. We come back with the route, the structure and your first ninety days — mapped to you.

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