India FDI News
India has achieved a remarkable milestone in its economic journey, with gross foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows reaching an impressive USD 1 trillion since April 2000.
The main sectors of the economy that benefited from the FDI include services, automobile, computer software, IT hardware, telecom and pharmaceuticals and chemicals.
This investment has come across India and 57 sectors of the country and played an important role in the development of various industries.
FDI rose 10 percent.
Highest ever of USD 81.72 billion during 2020-21.
It was USD 74.39 billion in 2019-20.
According to the latest data of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), FDI in 2017-18 was a record USD 44.85 billion.
The UK emerged as the top most country to attract Indian FDI with 52 projects, ahead of the US (51) and the UAE (32), in 2018, said London & Partners (L&P), the Mayor of London's promotional agency.
The RBI said the data released are the provisional results of 2017-18.
The commerce and industry minister said his ministry has also identified sectors and countries which holds huge potential for investments in India.
To boost the investment environment and to bring in foreign investments in the country, the government had brought in FDI related reforms and liberalized various sectors of the economy.
According to the latest data of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), FDI in 2017-18 grew by only 3 percent to USD 44.85 billion.
FDI inflows stood at USD 60 billion in the previous fiscal.
If India lowers the 100 percent tariffs imposed on the popular American Harley Davidson motorcycles it could result in more foreign investments in the country, a top White House trade official has argued.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country grew by over 30 percent to USD 21.62 billion during the first half of 2016-17.
India is expected to see net FDI inflows of USD 35 billion this financial year, which may fall short of the figure for 2015-16, says a Citigroup report.
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India's investments in the UK zoomed nearly 65 per cent in 2015, establishing it as the third largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Britain after the US and France.
The FIPB on Friday cleared FDI proposals worth Rs 13,000 crore including Rs 12,900-cr proposal of Axis Bank to raise foreign holding to 74 percent.
India may this year surpass China in attracting foreign direct investment, in terms of percentage of its GDP, as the gap in inflows between the two has been narrowing on the back of ongoing reforms in the country, says a Nomura report.
India`s decision to open various sectors to foreign direct investment (FDI) has helped the country, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday.
The foreign investment promotion board at its meeting on April 5 will take up 16 FDI proposals, including that of Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Co and Indian Rotorcraft in defence sector.
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