Minister of State in the Ministry of FINANCE (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)
(a) & (b) Details of inflow of FDI and increase or decrease during each of the last three years and the current year is available on Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion’s website, (www.dipp.nic.in -> Publications -> FDI Statistics)
Details of India’s outward FDI during each of the last three years and the current year is as below (as provided by RBI):
(Amount in USD Million) Financial Year Amount of FDI outflows %age increase (+) /decrease (April to March) (-) over previous years
2011-12 11,492.08 (-) 37.71 2012-13 11,084.33 (-) 3.54 2013-14 12,840.36 (+) 15.84 April to 25th 3413.58 Novernber, 2014
Sector-wise FDI data is Annexed.
Under the liberalized economic environment, investment decisions of investors are based on the macro-economic policy framework, investment climate in the host country, investment policies of the trans-national corporations and other commercial considerations.
(c) Government has been making concerted efforts towards creating a conducive business environment and encouraging greater investments into India through several policy initiatives.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy is reviewed on an ongoing basis, with a view to making it more investor friendly. Government has put in place an investor- friendly policy, under which FDI upto 100% is permitted, through the automatic route, in most sectors / activities. Significant changes have been made in the FDI policy in the sectors of Defence, Insurance, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Courier Services, Telecom Services, Assets Reconstruction Companies, Commodity Exchanges, Credit Information Companies, Infrastructure company in the securities market, Power Exchanges in the recent times, to ensure that India remains increasingly attractive and investor-friendly. Private investment in Railway Infrastructure has been allowed vide Press Note 8 of 2014 dated 27th August, 2014 issued by Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion. A number of restrictions in Defence Sector has been relaxed in 2014 through various Press Note of Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, while maintaining security concerned, to attract meaningful foreign investment in Defence sector and to encourage manufacturing of defence products in India.
The Government has also set up ‘Invest India’, a joint venture company between the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), as a not-for-profit, single window facilitator, for prospective overseas investors.
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