The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data on ‘Census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets of Indian Direct Investment Companies, 2017-18’ has showed that during the fiscal year 2017-18 (FY18), foreign direct investment (FDI) recorded a healthy jump of 18% to Rs 28.25 lakh crore. As per the data, FDI increased by Rs 4,33,300 crore, including revaluation of past investments, during 2017-18 to reach Rs 28,24,600 crore in March 2018 at market value. The RBI said the data released are the provisional results of 2017-18.
The report stated that as many as 23,065 companies responded to the latest round of the census, of which, 20,732 firms had FDI or ODI in their balance sheet in March 2018. Overseas direct investment (ODI) by Indian companies increased 5% to Rs 5.28 lakh crore. FDI companies witnessed a substantial increase in other investment liabilities, largely due to the increase in trade credit.
The census showed that Mauritius continued to be the largest source of FDI in India (19.7%) followed by the US, the UK, Singapore and Japan. In case of overseas investment by Indian companies, Singapore (17.5%) was the major destination, followed by the Netherlands, Mauritius and the US.
Manufacturing sector had majority share in total FDI. ‘Information and communication services’ and ‘financial and insurance activities’ were other major recipients of FDI. In the census participating companies, 15,104 were common from the previous census round and 5,628 reported for the first time. Besides, 1,916 companies that reported in the previous round did not report in the latest round.
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