There are no restrictions on repatriation of equity investments. With regard to debt flows, policy levers comprise both quantity and price based prudential prescriptions. There is a ceiling on the extent of FII investment in sovereign debt (US $ 15 billion) and corporate debt (US $ 45 billion) and there is also a withholding tax.
ECBs flows under both the automatic and approval routes are moderated by interest rate ceilings and those under the automatic route through an additional quantity ceiling. In addition, there are end use and minimum maturity restrictions of 3 years for ECB. However, trade credit is available for short-term with quantity and price restrictions.