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100% FDI likely in cash, ATM firms

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Cash and ATM management companies will soon be allowed to attract 100 per cent foreign direct investment as they are not required to comply with the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act (PSARA).Aclarification to this effect is likely to be issued by the home ministry shortly.
The clarification will be against the backdrop of the confusion among firms in cash and ATM management relating to compliance with the Act, under which they can receive FDI only up to 49 per cent.
The issue was discussed atameeting convened by the Prime Minister´s Office (PMO) last month.
“In that meeting, it was decided that the home ministry would be asked to issueaclarification that these companies will not have to comply with PSARA and would be eligible to attract 100 per cent FDI,” an official said.
There are aboutadozen cash management players in the country, including Writer Safeguard, SIS Securitas, CMS, Secure Value, Logicash, Brinks Arya, Securitrans and Scientific Security Management Services.
According to experts, companies managing cash for banks have so far been caught inapolicy tangle, with the home ministry insisting that 100 per cent FDI could not be allowed for them if they provide private security guards or armoured vehicles.
Companies that make devices such as currency authenticators and sorting and currency counting machines will also benefit from this clarification, they added. Several players, including TVS Electronics and ITI, are in such businesses. Cash management companies handle over Rs 40,000 crore of cash per day.
The government in 2015 permitted 100 per cent FDI under the automatic route for white label ATM operations with an aim to promote financial inclusion.
FDI into the country grew 22 per cent to $ 35.85 billion during April December of 2016-17.
The Business Standard New Delhi, 17th April 2017 

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