The signs of recovery in the equity markets are likely to be complemented by reports that the foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India surged 112% in April to $3.6 billion from $1.7 billion in the year-ago period and was up 71% over the inflows in the previous month. In absolute terms, April saw the second highest FDI inflows in the last one-and-a -half years, with only January 2015 posting a higher figure of $4.4 billion, 109% more than that in January 2014.
Singapore was the top investing country in April, followed by Mauritius, United States, the Netherlands and Germany, all of which together accounted for about 85% of the total inflows. Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Chennai and Ahmedabad were the top five cities, accounting for about 90% of total inflows.
Sector wise, the automobile industry was the second highest FDI attractor after the computer software and hardware industry, with 18% increase to $0.65 billion. Construction and infrastructure sector saw 7% growth in FDI at $0.2 billion during the month. Manufacturing sector posted a 142% growth to $1.06 billion in FDI, while the inflows in the nonmanufacturing sector went up 93% to $2.05 billion.
Since the beginning of 2015, FDI has grown 43%, with inflows of about $13 billion. In 2014-15 India saw 27% growth in FDI inflows over the previous year.
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