The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its latest report titled ‘Overseas Direct Investment for April 2025’ has showed that India’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) commitments rose 89.62% to $6,806.49 million in April 2025 from $3,589.53 million in April 2024. Sequentially, they rose marginally by 15.31% from $5,902.73 million in March 2025.
Outbound FDI, expressed as a financial commitment, has three components: equity, loans, and guarantees. According to the report, equity commitments zoomed over 3 fold to $2,723.97 million in April 2025, compared to $740.18 million a year ago.
Loan commitments increased 69.41% to $1,164.42 million in April 2025 as against $687.33 million a year ago. They were lower than the $2,128.41 million committed in March. Guarantees for overseas units rose 34.97% to $2,918.10 million in April 2025, from $2,162.02 million a year ago. Guarantees stood at $1,238.54 million in March 2025.
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