The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest data has showed that investment by Indian companies in their overseas ventures dropped by around 36 per cent to $1.39 billion in July 2018 in comparison to companies had invested $2.17 billion in their overseas subsidiaries and joint ventures in the form of loan, equity and issuance of guarantee in July 2017.
Of the $1.39 billion invested in July, $608.52 million was the equity capital, $406.74 million was through loan and $371.86 million came in the form of issuance of guarantees. In the month of June 2018, domestic firms invested in $2.07 billion in their ventures located out of India.
In July 2018, among major investors, Serum Institute of India invested $187.39 million in its wholly-owned subsidiary in the Netherlands. Sterlite Technologies invested $66.67 million in Italy, Interglobe Enterprises $54.65 million in the UK and JSW Steel $50.47 million in the US.
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