Aided by government’s various initiatives to improve ease of doing business, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flow into India increased 8 percent in fiscal year 2016-17 to touch a new high. According to the statistics released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, FDI increased to $60.08 billion in fiscal year 2016-17 from previous high of $55.6 billion in fiscal year 2015-16.
The Commerce and Industry Ministry has said that during the last three years, the government eased foreign investment norms in 21 sectors covering 87 areas. It also said that the country has now become the topmost attractive destination for foreign investment, noting that the FDI flows increased by 62 percent to $99.72 billion as compared to $61.41 billion during the previous 30 months (April 2012 to September 2014), on the back of ‘Make In India’ initiative.
FDI is considered crucial for economic development of a country and to attract maximum FDI into the country, the government has been relaxing the foreign investment norms in various sectors. At present, the government is mulling easing FDI policy on construction, print media and retail sectors. Meanwhile, India needs around $1 trillion to overhaul its infrastructure sector such as ports, airports and highways to boost growth.
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