Foreign Direct Investment

Today the world is witnessing that India means business and this is the achievement of not only the government but also the youth and graduates from institutions like ISB, he said.

India has recorded the "highest ever" annual FDI (foreign direct investment) inflow of USD 83.57 billion in 2021-22, the commerce and industry ministry said on Friday.

The two leaders are expected to have discussed how to ensure cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and mitigate the global economic consequences of this conflict

Shringla also said India's trade figures are promising and that the total foreign direct investment the country received in the current financial year stood at $81.72 billion, the highest ever.

Foreign direct investments into the country more than doubled to USD 20.42 billion during the April-July period of the current fiscal, the commerce and industry ministry said on Wednesday. Total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow rose to USD 27.37 billion during the first four months of 2021-22. In the year-ago period, the same was at USD 16.92 billion. Total FDI comprises equity inflows, reinvested earnings and other capital. "FDI equity inflows grew by 112 per cent in the first four months of 2021-22 (USD 20.42 billion) compared to the year ago period (USD 9.61 billion)," the ministry said in a release. Automobile industry has emerged as the top sector during the period under review, accounting for 23 per cent share of the total FDI equity inflows followed by computer software & hardware (18 per cent) and services sector (10 per cent), respectively. Karnataka is the top recipient state with 45 per cent share of the total FDI equity inflows followed by Maharashtra (23 per ...

Says country can aim to attract greater FDI into seven capital-intensive sectors that have contributed $181 billion of merchandise exports in FY21

"The above decision will take effect from the date of FEMA notification," an official statement said

India's strong fundamentals and market size will continue to attract market-seeking greenfield investments, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a written reply to Lok Sabha

Total FDI includes equity capital of unincorporated bodies, reinvest earnings and other capital. FDI equity inflow grew 60 per cent on year to $ 4.44 billion in April.

India received $64 billion in Foreign Direct Investment in 2020, the fifth largest recipient of inflows in the world, according to a UN report

Foreign direct investment in computer software and hardware jumped over threefold to $26.14 billion during 2020-21 on account of significant growth in the country's technology space

This comes on account of measures taken by the government on the fronts of policy reforms, investment facilitation and ease of doing business: Govt

China was one of the few major economies to eke out growth

The Upper House witnessed four adjournments in the afternoon sitting

The government had earlier allowed 100 per cent foreign direct investment in insurance intermediaries

What do the Budget proposals, as well as the proposed LIC IPO and privatisation of one general insurance company mean for the sector? Nikita Vashisht explains

The Insurance Act presently says a company has to be 'Indian-owned and controlled'

Foreign direct investment into India increased by 37 per cent during April-November 2020 period

He says, failure to attract investment in the same order as our geological siblings has kept India as a big net importer of minerals

Issue deferred as ministries fail to reach consensus over threshold