NEW DELHI: In a move that may upset IKEA 's investment plans in the country, the government has struck down half of the products that the Swedish furniture major proposed to sell in the country while clearing its Rs 10,500-crore investment proposal.The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), the nodal agency that clears foreign investments into the country, has said no to 15 out of 29 product categories that IKEA proposed to sell through its stores, a person familiar with the case told ET.IKEA has not been allowed to sell home and office use products, textiles, apparels and fabrics, electronic items, leather products, toys and books, travel related items, lifestyle and many other products, the person said.This will deprive the world's largest single brand retailer from becoming a complete home and office solutions provider that it is known to be. It is also not given permission to operate its own cafes inside its hypermarkets.An IKEA spokesperson declined to comment. "IKEA is currently evaluating the details of the latest decision and conditions and will not be able to comment before that is clear," the person said.Titus & Co, the law firm hired by the Swedish company for its Indian entry, too declined comment.A person familiar with the IKEA application to FIPB said the development could hurt the firm's investment plans in the country."All products will be sold under the IKEA brand which is allowed under the single brand norms. Where is the problem?" IKEA even attached the catalogues of the products the company actually sell through its stores elsewhere, the person said.IKEA had listed a broad range of 29 product categories to sell in India in its application to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion DIPP ), the first port of call for single brand proposals. But the agency cleared only 14 categories.IKEA's has long maintained that it will only enter India when it is allowed to own a 100% subsidiary. Even after India allowed this in January, IKEA was wary of investing into the country due to a mandatory 30% local sourcing clause.