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India attracts highest-ever FDI inflow in FY21
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SME Times News Bureau | 24 May, 2021
Beating the pandemic blues, India attracted the highest level of foreign
direct investment (FDI) in financial year 2020-21, even surpassing the
previous year's numbers by a healthy 10 per cent, an official statement
said on Monday.
The country attracted total FDI inflow of $81.72
billion in FY21, 10 per cent higher as compared to the last financial
year 2019-20 at $74.39 billion, it 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, the Commerce Ministry statement said.
The following
trends in India's FDI are an endorsement of its status as a preferred
investment destination amongst global investors, the statement added.
What
is encouraging is that out of the total inflows, FDI equity inflow grew
by 19 per cent last year ($59.64 billion) compared to the previous year
($49.98 billion). Equity inflows or fresh foreign capital flows into
the economy shows investor confidence on the state of the economy and
helps the country to build new capacities.
As per the government
data, Singapore remained the the top investor in the country in FY21
with 29 per cent of total inflows, followed by the US (23 per cent) and
Mauritius (9 per cent). In previous few years, Mauritius has lost the
numero uno destination for investment into India after the country
signed a fresh investment treaty with India that puts a check on pseudo
investors using the route to save on taxes.
'Computer Software
& Hardware' has emerged as the top sector during FY 2020-21 with
around 44 per cent share of the total FDI Equity inflow followed by
Construction (Infrastructure) Activities (13 per cent) and Services
Sector (8 per cent) respectively.
Under the sector 'Computer
Software & Hardware', the major recipient states are Gujarat (78 per
cent), Karnataka (9 per cent) and Delhi (5 per cent) in FY 2020-21.
Gujarat
is the top recipient state during FY 2020-21 with 37 per cent share of
the total FDI Equity inflows followed by Maharashtra (27 per cent) and
Karnataka (13 per cent).
Majority of the equity inflow of Gujarat
has been reported in the sectors - 'Computer Software & Hardware'
(94 per cent) and 'Construction (Infrastructure) Activities' (2 per
cent) during FY 2020-21.
The major sectors, namely Construction
(Infrastructure) Activities, Computer Software & Hardware, Rubber
Goods, Retail Trading, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals and Electrical
Equipment have recorded more than 100 per cent jump in equity during FY
2020-21 as compared to the previous year.
Out of top 10
countries, Saudi Arabia is the top investor in terms of percentage
increase during FY 2020-21. It invested $2,816.08 million in comparison
to US$ 89.93 million reported in the previous financial year.
About
227 per cent and 4 per cent increase was recorded in FDI equity inflow
from the US and the UK respectively, during FY 2020-21 compared to FY
2019-20, the government data showed.
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Customs Exchange Rates |
Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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66.20
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64.50 |
UK Pound
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87.50
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84.65 |
Euro
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78.25
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75.65 |
Japanese
Yen |
58.85 |
56.85 |
As on 13 Aug, 2022 |
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