FDI in India rises by 13% to $49.97 billion in FY20

29 May 2020 Evaluate

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in its latest data has showed that foreign direct investment (FDI) in India rose by 13 percent - the sharpest pace in the last four fiscals - to a record of $49.97 billion in the financial year 2019-20 (FY20). Foreign fund inflows during April- March 2018-19 stood at $ 44.36 billion. Foreign investments in the last fiscal grew at the sharpest pace since 2015-16 when the inflows had jumped by 35 percent.

The key sectors that received the maximum foreign investment during FY20 include services ($7.85 billion), computer software and hardware ($7.67 billion), telecommunications ($4.44 billion), trading ($4.57 billion), automobile ($2.82 billion), construction ($2 billion), and chemicals ($1 billion). Singapore with FDI inflows of $14.67 billion emerged as the largest source of foreign fund flows in India for the second financial year in a row. However, it is down from $16.22 billion in 2018-19. Singapore was followed by Mauritius ($8.24 billion), the Netherlands ($6.5 billion), the US ($4.22 billion), Caymen Islands ($3.7 billion), Japan ($3.22 billion), France ($1.89 billion), UK ($1.42 billion) Cyprus ($879 million), and Germany ($488 million).

Further, the overseas inflows during the January-March 2020 quarter also increased to $13.2 billion from $10.67 billion in the previous quarter (October-December 2019). Total FDI into India including re-invested earnings and other capital stood at $ 73.45 billion in FY20 as against $62 billion in the previous fiscal. FDI is important as the country requires huge investments to overhaul its infrastructure sector to boost growth.

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