Question : FOREIGN INVESTMENT



(a) the details of foreign investment received from each of the investing country during the last three years and measures taken to attract maximum foreign investment in the country;

(b) whether the U.S. has asked Indian Government to buy more US products and services to compensate for the US job lost due to outsourcing; and

(c) if so, the details thereof alongwith reaction of the Government thereto?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI KAMAL NATH)

(a) Details of country wise Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows during April 2002 to February 2005 are indicated in the statement at Annexure. The Government has put in place a liberal policy on FDI wherein FDI up to 100% is allowed in most activities under the automatic route. In order to attract FDI in the country, the policy & procedures are reviewed on an ongoing basis, besides undertaking investment promotion & facilitation measures.

(b) No, sir.

(c) Does not arise.

Annexure I

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 634 for answer on 10-5-2005.

FINANCIAL YEAR-WISE FDI INFLOWS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

(APRIL 2002 to FEBRUARY 2005)	(Amount in million) 
Sl.No Country 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Cumulative Total
(Apr- (Apr- (Apr- (from April 2002 to February 2005) Mar) Mar) Feb)
in Rs in US$ in Rs in US$ in Rs in US$ in Rs In US$
1 Mauritius 37657.36 788.06 26086.82 567.1 50019.15 1095.26 113763.3 2450.42 2 U.S.A. 15038.02 318.61 16582.52 360.49 29056.39 634.3 60676.93 1313.4 3 Netherlands 8356.81 175.84 22473.17 488.55 10572.12 230.39 41402.1 894.77 4 Japan 19709.63 411.87 3604.46 78.36 5211.16 113.8 28525.25 604.02 5 U.K. 16174.54 340.48 7685.35 167.07 4518.63 99.09 28378.52 606.64 6 Germany 6840.49 143.91 3734.02 81.17 6392.25 139.73 16966.76 364.82 7 France 5337.16 111.64 1762.71 38.32 5348.13 116.93 2447.99 266.89 8 Switzerland 4365.3 92.97 2066.13 44.92 3381.38 73.77 9812.82 211.66 9 Singapore 1797.33 37.88 1717.31 37.33 2886.64 63.3 6401.28 138.52 10 Sweden 1135.99 23.94 1873.45 40.73 3381.88 73.53 6391.32 138.19 11 Korea(South) 1877.42 39.17 1099.39 23.9 1193.22 25.94 4170.04 89.01 12 Malaysia 864.11 18.07 2173.61 47.25 353.57 7.71 3391.28 73.02 13 U.A.E. 716.24 15.11 773.31 16.81 1748.79 38.57 3238.34 70.5 14 Australia 496.75 10.37 913.05 19.85 849.17 18.48 2258.97 48.7 15 Italy 475.32 10.25 250.04 5.44 1227.96 26.76 1953.32 42.44 16 Denmark 296.07 6.17 636.28 13.83 954.88 20.77 1887.23 40.78 17 Cayman Island 541.71 11.29 911.47 19.81 289.4 6.3 1742.58 37.4 18 Hongkong 244.49 5.09 977.42 21.25 448.46 9.94 1670.36 36.29 19 Canada 326.87 6.89 464.98 10.11 614.09 13.36 1405.93 30.36 20 British Virginia 1217.79 25.78 96.13 2.09 65.19 1.42 1379.11 29.28 21 Indonesia 1006.44 20.97 82.68 1.8 12.79 0.28 1101.92 23.05 22 Belgium 188.94 3.94 819.82 17.82 24.64 0.54 1033.4 22.3 23 Oman 243.72 5.08 374.45 8.14 218.63 4.76 836.79 17.98 24 MORACCO 0 0 699.72 15.21 0 0 699.72 15.21 25 Spain 354.6 7.48 91.49 1.99 252.43 5.49 698.53 14.97 26 Cyprus 352.93 7.39 162.92 3.54 120.89 2.63 636.75 13.56 27 Austria 248.02 5.18 92.6 2.01 196.88 4.29 537.49 11.49 28 Bahrain 0 0 492.52 10.71 0 0 492.52 10.71 29 Kenya 339.89 7.15 46.2 1 0 0 386.09 8.15 30 Bahamas 0 0 120.53 2.62 260.37 5.69 380.9 8.31 31 Bangladesh 112.22 2.36 128.65 2.8 133.92 2.91 374.79 8.07 32 South Africa 5.7 0.12 117.45 2.55 209.34 4.55 332.49 7.22 33 Bermuda 164.54 3.43 32.43 0.7 120.73 2.62 317.69 6.76 34 Saudi Arabia 26.55 0.57 282 6.13 1.98 0.04 310.54 6.75 35 Luxembourg 64.66 1.36 171.59 3.73 20.87 0.45 257.12 5.55 36 Finland 227.64 4.9 0.27 0.01 10.74 0.23 238.64 5.14 37 BRITISH ISLES 0.2 0 0 0 226.82 5.15 227.02 5.16 38 TUNISIA 0 0 0 0 198.4 4.31 198.4 4.31 39 Thailand 5.6 0.12 56.32 1.22 96.97 2.11 158.89 3.46 40 Taiwan 4.54 0.1 26.35 0.57 127.63 2.77 158.52 3.44 41 Kuwait 58.27 1.26 4.2 0.09 72.54 1.58 135.01 2.93 42 Slovenia 107.36 2.33 0 0 0 0 107.36 2.33 43 Nigeria 36.96 0.77 45.03 0.98 21.4 0.47 103.38 2.21 44 Gibraltar 0.22 0 0.13 0 100.79 2.29 101.14 2.3 45 Ireland 9.07 0.19 49.02 1.07 25.71 0.57 83.8 1.82 46 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 79.33 1.8 79.33 1.8 47 Liechtenstein 45.25 0.94 30.6 0.67 0 0 75.85 1.61 48 Channel Island 7.4 0.16 29.98 0.65 24.52 0.53 61.9 1.34 49 Korea(North) 42.36 0.88 0 0 15 0.34 57.36 1.22 50 Isle of Man 23.4 0.49 7.65 0.17 19.96 0.43 51.01 1.09 51 Sri Lanka 20.32 0.44 0 0 16.79 0.37 37.1 0.8 52 Liberia 27.5 0.57 0 0 0 0 27.5 0.57 53 West Indies 15.67 0.33 0 0 10.89 0.24 26.56 0.56 54 Norway 12.69 0.27 5.8 0.13 6.16 0.14 24.64 0.53 55 China 2.49 0.05 2.63 0.06 19.13 0.42 24.26 0.53 56 Cuba 0 0 0.1 0 21.46 0.47 21.56 0.47 57 ARUBA 0 0 17.4 0.38 2.25 0.05 19.65 0.43 58 Ice Land 11.19 0.23 8 0.17 0 0 19.19 0.41 59 Russia 0.51 0.01 1.98 0.04 12.14 0.26 14.63 0.32 60 Israel 0 0 11.17 0.24 3.24 0.07 14.41 0.31 61 Phillipines 0.21 0 0 0 12.87 0.28 13.08 0.29 62 New Zealand 6.78 0.14 0.05 0 4.85 0.11 11.68 0.25 63 Yugoslavia 6.62 0.14 0 0 4.69 0.1 11.31 0.24 64 Poland 0 0 11 0.24 0 0 11 0.24 65 Croatia 9.59 0.2 0.1 0 0 0 9.69 0.2 66 Panama 7.8 0.16 0 0 0.6 0.01 8.4 0.18 67 Bulgaria 0 0 0.1 0 6.33 0.14 6.43 0.14 68 VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 5.75 0.13 5.75 0.13 69 Malta 0 0 4.2 0.09 0.87 0.02 5.07 0.11 70 Uganda 0 0 0 0 4.05 0.09 4.05 0.09 71 Qatar 0 0 0.45 0.01 3.5 0.08 3.95 0.09 72 Nepal 0 0 0 0 3.49 0.08 3.49 0.08 73 MAYANMAR 0 0 2.34 0.05 0 0 2.34 0.05 74 Turkey 0 0 1.89 0.04 0.43 0.01 2.32 0.05 75 Czech Republic 2.15 0.05 0 0 0 0 2.15 0.05 76 Brazil 0.57 0.01 0 0 1.12 0.02 1.7 0.04 77 PERU 0 0 0 0 1.64 0.04 1.64 0.04 78 Hungary 1 0.02 0 0 0 0 1 0.02 79 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 1 0.02 1 0.02 80 Egypt 0.1 0 0 0 0.73 0.02 0.83 0.02 81 Ukraine 0.2 0 0 0 0.5 0.01 0.7 0.02 82 Portugal 0.5 0.01 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.01 83 Yaman 0 0 0 0 0.36 0.01 0.36 0.01 84 Jordon 0 0 0 0 0.28 0.01 0.28 0.01 85 Vietnam 0 0 0.26 0.01 0 0 0.26 0.01 86 Greece 0 0 0.1 0 0.05 0 0.15 0 87 Lebanon 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0 88 Maldives 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0 89 Costa Rica 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 90 COLUMBIA 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0 91 NRI 1434.28 31.12 725.27 15.77 2950.96 64.63 5110.51 111.51 92 Unindicated Country 0.56 0.01 0.73 0.02 298.09 6.72 299.39 6.75 93 Advance of Inflows 19771.23 411.9 18807.56 408.86 39371.71 870.25 77950.5 1691.02 94 Stock Swapped 840 17.5 1725 37.5 0 0 2565 55 95 RBI’s-NRI Schemes 4.9 0.1 0 0 0 0 4.9 0.1
Grand Total 149,322.9 3,133.85 121,173.6 2,634.21 173,871.6 3,810.99 444,368.0 9,579.04