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FDI flows to India fall 26% in 2021: UNCTAD

20 Jan 2022 Evaluate

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its latest report has said that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to India in 2021 were 26 percent lower, mainly because large M&A deals recorded in 2020 were not repeated. It also noted that the FDI into India increased 27 percent to $64 billion in 2020 from $51 billion in 2019, pushed up by acquisitions in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry.

The report further said that the pandemic boosted demand for digital infrastructure and services globally. It said this had led to higher values of greenfield FDI project announcements, targeting the ICT industry, rising by more than 22 percent to $81 billion. It noted that the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in India weighed heavily on the country’s overall economic activities. It stated that announced greenfield projects in India had contracted by 19 percent to $24 billion, and the second wave in April 2021 affected economic activities, which could lead to a larger contraction in 2021.

The UN trade body further said investor confidence is strong in infrastructure sectors, supported by favourable long-term financing conditions, recovery stimulus packages and overseas investment programmes. In contrast, it said investor confidence in the industry and global value chains remains weak. It added that greenfield investment project announcements were practically flat, and the number of new projects in global value chains (GVCs)-intensive industries, such as electronics, fell further.

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