FDI inflows and its impact on Indian GDP
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been the single most important mode of going global in the recent decades. As compared to other modes which are not capital intensive, FDI is heavily capital intensive. It helps an economy to receive foreign exchange. In fact, ‘FDI inflows’ is considered as an important economic indicator. For a developing country like India FDI is very important.
The present study analyses FDI inflows in India during the years 2000 to 2014. The FDI policy, year wise FDI inflows, sector wise FDI inflows, country wise FDI inflows, state wise FDI inflows, trends and patterns of FDI inflows in different sector have been analysed.
From the study it has been found out that total FDI inflows are estimated at 25526 crores during April 2013 to march 2014 and cumulative FDI inflows from 2000-2014 was 241085 crores. the services sector, construction, computer hardware and software, telecommunication, real estate, received maximum FDI inflows in India and Mauritius is the main source followed by Singapore, the USA , the UK, the Netherlands and the Japan for FDI inflows in India.
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