消息人士称，政府正在评估一项提议，即禁止在烟草领域的特许经营、商标、品牌名称和管理合同许可方面进行外商直接投资。他们表示，该提议仅处于初步和讨论阶段。
The government is evaluating a proposal to ban foreign direct investment in licensing for franchises, trademarks, brand names, and management contracts in the tobacco sector, sources said. The proposal is at a nascent and under-discussion stage only, they said.
目前，外商直接投资（FDI）被禁止用于雪茄、小雪茄、纸烟以及烟草或其代用品制造的卷烟的制造。
At present, foreign direct investment (FDI) is prohibited in the manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes of tobacco or its substitutes.
然而，烟草领域允许以任何形式进行技术合作方面的外商直接投资，包括特许经营、商标、品牌名称和管理合同的许可。
However, it is permitted in technology collaboration in any form, including licensing for franchise, trademark, brand name and management contracts in the tobacco sector.
该提议并非新事物。2024年，工商部曾着手制定一项提议，旨在进一步收紧烟草领域的外商直接投资规范，以遏制促销活动和打击该领域的走私行为，因为企业试图规避规范。
The proposal is not new. In 2024, the Commerce and Industry Ministry worked on a proposal to further tighten foreign direct investment norms in the tobacco sector to check promotional activities and curb smuggling in the segment as firms are trying to circumvent norms.
然而，由于包括烟草农协会在内的某些方面提出担忧，政府未能就此事作出任何决定。
However, the government could not take any decision on the matter due to concerns raised in certain quarters, including tobacco farmers' associations.
烟草领域的外商直接投资事宜也变得重要，因为印度是世界卫生组织（WHO）《烟草控制框架公约》的签署国，根据该公约，印度有责任减少烟草产品的消费。
The FDI matters in the tobacco sector also assumed importance as India is a signatory to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, under which the country has the responsibility of reducing consumption of tobacco products.
据估计，卷烟仅占烟草消费的10%，健康负担主要在于无烟烟草和比迪烟。印度仍有2.5亿用户，位居中国之后排名第二，无烟烟草用户数量超过世界其他地区总和。
As per estimates, cigarettes account only for 10 per cent of tobacco consumption, and the health burden largely lies with oral and bidis. India still has 250 million users, the second largest after China, with more oral tobacco users than the rest of the world combined.
认识到规范生产、促进海外营销以及控制供需失衡反复出现、导致市场问题的必要性，政府根据1975年的《烟草委员会法》于1976年成立了烟草委员会。
Recognising the need to regulate production, promote overseas marketing and control recurring instances of imbalances in supply and demand, which lead to market problems, the government under the Tobacco Board Act of 1975 established the Tobacco Board in 1976.
本财年4月至6月，印度的外商直接投资增长6%，达到198.1亿美元。
Foreign direct investment in India rose 6 per cent to USD 19.81 billion in April-June this fiscal.