Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India’s services sector has declined by 54 percent to $2.22 billion during the financial year 14 as compared to $4.83 billion in the previous fiscal mainly due to the low foreign investment in hotel and tourism industries. Indian services sector, which includes banking, insurance, outsourcing, R&D, courier and technology testing, represents around 60% share of the country’s GDP.
Overall foreign inflows into the country increased by 8 percent to $24.29 in the FY14 form $22.42 billion recorded in the FY13. Sectors that received highest inflows during FY14 include automobiles ($1.51 billion), telecommunications ($1.3 billion), pharmaceuticals ($1.27 billion) and construction development ($1.22 billion). Country wise, maximum FDI during the reported period was received from Singapore with $5.98 billion followed by Mauritius ($4.85 billion), UK ($3.21 billion) and Netherlands ($2.27 billion).
FDI is considered crucial for economic development of a country. India's economic growth stayed below 5 percent for the second year in a row at 4.7 percent during FY14. In order to attract maximum FDI into the country, the government has been liberalizing the foreign investment policy. The government has relaxed FDI norms in around 12 sectors which include telecom, tea, pension and petroleum and natural gas among others. Now, it has started exercise for allowing foreign investments in e-commerce, railways and defence sectors. Furthermore, India would require around $1 trillion in the 12th five year plan (2012-2017) to overhaul its infrastructure sector such as ports, airports and highways to boost growth.
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