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A foreign company setting up an Indian subsidiary usually collects three to five quotes before picking a service provider. Almost none of those quotes are comparable. One firm quotes a flat fee for incorporation and prices everything else separately. Another bundles the first year of compliance into the incorporation fee…

The compliance conversation at the point of India incorporation is relatively straightforward: you have a list of obligations, a clean slate, and a CA who designs the system from the first transaction. The conversation eighteen months later is a different exercise entirely. The subsidiary has grown, intercompany flows have multiplied,…

The standard incorporation guides for foreign investors in India (and Treelife has written several) explain the resident director rule, apostille requirements, FDI routes, and FC-GPR timelines. If you have read those, you understand the baseline. This article is not the baseline. This article is specifically about the scenario where every…

A foreign parent that sets up an Indian subsidiary faces one compliance requirement that no sector exemption or FDI route can waive: the Indian entity must have at least one director who physically stayed in India for not less than 182 days in the preceding calendar year. This is not…

When a UK company hires its first few people in India through an Employer of Record (EOR), the structure makes complete sense. Fast, compliant, low commitment. But EOR is a bridge, not a destination. At some point, the India team grows large enough that the monthly EOR billing exceeds the…

The standard incorporation guides for foreign investors in India (and Treelife has written several) explain the resident director rule, apostille requirements, FDI routes, and FC-GPR timelines. If you have read those, you understand the baseline. This article is not the baseline. This article is specifically about the scenario where every…

A foreign parent that sets up an Indian subsidiary faces one compliance requirement that no sector exemption or FDI route can waive: the Indian entity must have at least one director who physically stayed in India for not less than 182 days in the preceding calendar year. This is not…

When a UK company hires its first few people in India through an Employer of Record (EOR), the structure makes complete sense. Fast, compliant, low commitment. But EOR is a bridge, not a destination. At some point, the India team grows large enough that the monthly EOR billing exceeds the…

Starting a background-verification business in India puts you at the intersection of three regulatory regimes simultaneously: the LLP Act 2008, the Income Tax Act 1961 (and now the Income Tax Act 2025 for Tax Year 2026-27), and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDP Act) with its Rules notified…

A business transfer agreement (BTA) is not a formality you fill in after the deal is commercially agreed. Every clause choice in the BTA has a downstream consequence: on your income tax computation under Section 50B of the Income Tax Act 1961, on whether the GST going-concern exemption survives a…

SEBI issued its updated Master Circular for Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) on 03 June 2026, consolidating every circular, clarification, and regulatory change issued under the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 up to 31 May 2026. The document runs 153 pages across 25 chapters and supersedes the previous Master Circular…

The Reserve Bank of India held its benchmark repo rate steady at 5.25% at the June 2026 Monetary Policy Committee meeting, unanimously, under Governor Sanjay Malhotra. This is the third meeting in a row that the rate has stayed put, following a run of 150 basis point cuts between February…

India’s Cabinet approved an amendment to Press Note 3 (PN3) of 2020 in March 2026, and it is generating significant attention across the investment and startup community. Headlines have rushed to label it a sweeping FDI liberalisation. The reality is considerably more targeted. This report breaks down exactly what changed,…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently announced a major overhaul to the regulatory framework for Angel Funds under the Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) Regulations, 2012. This new framework, introduced in 2025, aims to enhance transparency, improve operational clarity, and encourage investor participation. In this article, we’ll explore…

In a significant move to invigorate India’s startup ecosystem, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), during its board meeting on June 19, 2025, approved substantial changes to the Angel Fund Framework. These revisions are designed to unlock more capital for early-stage companies while simultaneously ensuring enhanced investor suitability…