India FDI Inflows

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India stood at $58.8 billion in 2021-22 with Singapore and the US being the top two major contributors among the list of 15 nations

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Karnataka attracted the most FDI in this space, followed by Telangana and Haryana. Flows into Karnataka were up more than 250% YoY

FDI equity inflows into India contracted marginally by 1 per cent to $58.77 billion during 2021-22, according to official data.

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Total FDI comprises equity inflows, reinvested earnings and other capital

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to India in 2021 were 26 per cent lower, mainly because large M&A deals recorded in 2020 were not repeated, the UN trade body has said. The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Investment Trends Monitor published on Wednesday said global foreign direct investment flows showed a strong rebound in 2021, growing 77 per cent to an estimated USD 1.65 trillion, from USD 929 billion in 2020, surpassing their pre-COVID-19 level. Recovery of investment flows to developing countries is encouraging, but the stagnation of new investment in the least developed countries in industries important for productive capacities, and key Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) sectors - such as electricity, food or health - is a major cause for concern, said UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan. The report said developed economies saw the biggest rise by far, with FDI reaching an estimated USD 777 billion in 2021 - three times the exceptionally low level .

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

Singapore is the top source of FDI in India, with 30.28% share of entire FDI equity inflow. US comes next, with 24.28% and UAE at 7.31%

The number is 15 per cent higher as compared to the first ten months of 2019-20, when it stood at $62.72 billion

It is the highest ever inflow for the first nine months of a financial year

With relaxed FDI norms, defence production will be among the areas that will be looked at for fresh overseas investments in the months ahead

Old favourites Singapore and Mauritius slowly giving way to funds from Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, whose flows into into the country have grown 267% and 469%, respectively

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In the past two financial years, FDI from Singapore has surpassed that from Mauritius

India's move was attributed to the rising possibility of "opportunistic takeovers" of its companies by those in neighbouring nations, as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the economy

Though FDI is permitted in the mining sector since February 2000, its flow has been intermittent over the last few years

After Palaniswami took over as chief minister in February 2017, cumulative foreign direct investment (FDI) rose by Rs 46,427 crore from Rs 133 trillion (April 2000 to March 2017) to Rs 180 trillion