Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow for the month of June registered an impressive growth. It surged by the 310% to 5.65 billion in June 2011 from $1.38 billion in June 2010. This 310% jump in FDI inflow is the second highest monthly inflow in the last 11 financial years, showing the revival of confidence of investors in the Indian economy.
FDI inflows were also high in the month of May, receiving investment worth $4.66 billion from $2.21 billion in May 2010, registering a growth of 111%. As a result of which the FDI inflow for the first quarter of the current fiscal year jumped by 133% to 13.44 billion from $5.77 billion in the corresponding year of last financial year. The first quarter figure of data is almost 69% of the last financial year i.e. $19.43 billion, indicating a good possibility of India receiving positive growth in FDI inflow in 2011-12.
In a statement, the Commerce and Industry Ministry said, “the figures indicate that the trend of high FDI equity inflows since the beginning of the present financial year is being maintained.' During the first half of the current calendar year, FDI equity inflow increased by the 57% to $16.832 billion from $10.74 billion in the corresponding period of last calendar year.
During the April-June 2010, FDI equity inflow had declined by the 25% due to uncertainty in the global economic condition after the recession of 2008. From last two financial years India is registering a decline in FDI equity inflow, in the last fiscal year, FDI inflow declined by almost by 25% to $19.43 billion from $25.6 billion in 2009-10. And in 2009-10 it fell to $25.6 billion from $27.3 billion in 2008-09.
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