The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest data has showed that India Inc's direct overseas investment increased 8.5 per cent year-on-year to $3.34 billion in March 2022. The Indian companies had invested $3.1 billion in their overseas fully-owned subsidiaries (WOSs) and joint-ventures (JVs) in the same month a year ago. In the preceding month (February 2022), the outward foreign direct investment was $940.62 million.
As per the data, of the total amount invested in March 2021-22, $1.31 billion was in the form of issuance of guarantee; $1.2 billion as loan and $866.93 million was infused in the form of equity. The RBI said the data is provisional and subject to change, based on the reporting by authorised dealer banks. Major investors who infused capital in their overseas ventures included Tata Communications $690 million in Singapore; Jindal Steel and Power $366 million in Mauritius; Wipro $204.96 million in Cyprus; and Jindal Saw $64.50 million in the United Arab Emirates. All of them invested money in their WOS companies.
Restaurant Brand Aisa and Lupin put in $141.34 million and $131.25 million in their JVs in Indonesia and the US, respectively. the data showed while Reliance New Energy invested $87.73 million in WOS in Norway; Mohalla Internet pumped $86 million in a fully-owned unit in Mauritius and ONGC Videsh infused $83.31 million in a joint-venture in Russia.
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