FDI increases by 16% to $27.1 billion in April-August period of FY21

21 Oct 2020 Evaluate

The Commerce and Industry Ministry has said that foreign direct investment (FDI) in India has increased by 16 percent to $27.1 billion during April-August period of FY21 as compared to $23.35 billion received in same period last year. It noted that the total FDI, which includes reinvested earnings, grew by 13 percent to $35.73 billion. Besides, it said total FDI inflow grew by 55 percent, i.e., from $231.37 billion in 2008-14 to $358.29 billion in 2014-20.

The Ministry stated that FDI is a major driver of economic growth and an important source of non-debt finance for the economic development of India. It has been the endeavour of the government to put in place an enabling and investor friendly FDI policy. It pointed out that the intent all this while has been to make the FDI policy more investor friendly and remove the policy bottlenecks that have been hindering the investment inflows into the country. 

It further said that the steps taken in this direction during the last six years have borne fruit as is evident from the ever increasing volumes of FDI inflows being received into the country. It also said measures taken by the government on the fronts of FDI policy reforms, investment facilitation and ease of doing business have resulted in increased FDI inflows into the country. It added that the following trends in India's FDI are an endorsement of its status as a preferred investment destination amongst global investors.

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