Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur has said that the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India has been increasing on an annual basis and was at $34.90 billion till November of this fiscal. The FDI stood at $62 billion in the full 2018-19 fiscal, while at $60.90 billion in 2017-18 and $60.22 billion during 2016-17.
He highlighted that in spite of a global contraction in FDI inflows, FDI into India have significantly improved over the past decade to $62 billion, which accounts for 2.37 per cent of GDP in 2018-19 fiscal. He further mentioned that the success of various initiatives is reflected in the increased inflow of FDI and increase in Gross Fixed Capital formation, adding that several measures taken by the government will further boost FDI in all sectors.
Besides, he said that the investors confidence has gone up after the government took measures to improve ease of doing business, comprehensive reforms in the FDI policy and introduction of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 among others. As per the World Investment Report (WIR), 2019, India rose from twenty fifth position in 2018 and featured at ninth place with FDI contribution of 3.23 per cent.
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