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The Indian government recently approved a significant amendment to the country’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) framework, specifically targeting investments in which the ultimate beneficial ownership traces back to countries sharing a land border with India (LBCs). The formal implementing notification was issued by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in Press Note 2 (2026 Series) on March 15, 2026 (PN2), amending the extant FDI Policy.

Most prospective franchisors assume that if the business is profitable, it can be franchised. The profit-and-loss statement is healthy, the margins look sound, and the next step feels natural. What this overlooks is that franchising does not simply share the existing profit, it restructures it.

A profitable business is not the same as a franchisable one. This is the point at which many prospective franchisors stumble, they assume that because the model works in their hands, it will work in the hands of someone they have never met. The leap from one to the other is not small, and it is not bridged by enthusiasm or capital. It is bridged by evidence.