To curb opportunistic takeovers/acquisitions of Indian companies due to the current COVID-19 pandemic,anon-resident entity of a country, which shares land border with India or where the beneficial owner of an investment into India is situated in or is a citizen of any such country, can invest only with prior government permission. Centre has tightened its foreign direct investment (FDI) policy to restrict Chinese firms from acquiring stake in Indian companies. Discuss the relevant

Merger & Acquisition provisions in relation to cross border deals under Companies Act 2013 and impact of COVID-19 pandemic over it.

This is a question of companies law.