Banned Restricted Category list

Annexure 2: Restricted Businesses list

    
1. Gaming/gambling which includes lottery tickets, sports bets, memberships/ enrolment in online gambling sites, and related content.
    
2. Prescription drugs or herbal drugs or any kind of online pharmacies which includes drugs or other products requiring a prescription by a licensed medical practitioner. Exceptions mentioned below:
       
   1. Medical devices that are authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for over-the-counter purchase that are not otherwise restricted and are appropriately described and labelled including Eyeglass frames, Tanning devices, Otoscopes, Ionized or ionic bracelets, Personal Sound Amplification Products (PSAPs) etc.
    
3. Fireworks and related flammable goods
    
4. Securities which includes stocks, bonds, or related financial products
    
5. Forex merchants
    
6. Crowdfunding
    
7. Investment in the future of assets (Futures markets are the performance of contracts for purchase or sale of certain matters at a future date, agreeing price on the present, the amount and due date. Currently these negotiations are conducted in stock markets)
    
8. Portfolio Collection, Debt Collection
    
9. Stock trading & Financial advisory
    
10. Multilevel sales, profits or income by referral of new users
    
11. NGO
    
12. Real Estate
    
13. Loans
    
14. Surgical products on B2B model
    
15. Club memberships
    
16. Money transfer
    
17. Resume Writing Services
    
18. Auctions/Tenders
    
19. Sale of gemstones / High value jewellery
    
20. Sale of animal husbandry
    
21. Antiques or collectibles
    
22. Dietary and herbal supplements
    
23. OTC drugs
    
24. Photographs, images from videos, images generated by PC Images (copyright or intellectual property)
    
25. Foundations, donations or fundraising by third parties
    
26. Discount coupons, coupons
    
27. Sex shops and erotic items
    
28. Professional services (psychologists, lawyers, etc.)
    
29. Protection services (Bodyguards services)
    
30. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)
    
31. Political Parties; Politically related payments (donations for a party)
    
32. Religious Organisations
    
33. Financial Services: money exchange service, including bitcoins, cryptocurrency, forex brokers, financial institutions, debt recovery
    
34. Financial Products (Mutual Funds, Insurance.)
    
35. Real Estate Agents/Brokers
    
36. Matchmaker services
    
37. Sexual Health Products (Vitamins, Nonprescriptive Treatment & Medicine)
    
38. Offline dating meet ups, social based dating events, matchmaking
    
39. Gift Cards as Primary Business
    
40. Gold, Silver & Precious metals
    
41. Collection Agencies
    
42. Medical Devices
    
43. Chit Fund, Credit societies and small NBFC
    
44. Fireworks
    
45. Lottery, Raffles
    
46. Incentive Business
    
47. Funeral Services
    
48. Subscription Services
    
49. Warranty Services
    
50. Air Bags, Batteries containing mercury
    
51. Government Uniforms
    
52. Real Estate Maintenance
    
53. Web Hosting, Designing
    
54. Art Promotion
    
55. Commodities Trading
    
56. Career Counselling Services
    
57. Marketplace Model
    
58. Aggregator, Payment Facilitator
    
59. Online betting (of any nature or sort), online Gambling (of any nature or sort) and games of chance (of any nature or sort)