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India’s BRICS partners Brazil and South Africa allow 100% FDI in insurance, Russia 49% and China 50%.
Increased numbers of tourists are coming from China and other BRICS countries.
New Delhi has said there is "no question" of it joining the treaty as a non- nuclear weapon state.
New Delhi also got re-elected to the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015-17.
South Africa scored an impressive 18 while Brazil ranked 71, Russia 75, China 87 while India stood at 114.
"We should not have included India in the RCEP negotiation framework in the first place," Nikkei quoted a Japanese official.
Joining NPT as a non-nuclear weapons state would require India unilaterally giving up its nuclear weapons.
The government statistics agency announced Tuesday migrant arrivals of 105,500 reached a new high in September.
Higher gas prices would increase infrastructure and food costs and accelerate the rate of inflation.