No declining development in FDI into India: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister of Commerce and Trade Piyush Goyal throughout an interplay with with Indian enterprise delegates, in Switzerland on June 9, 2025.
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There isn’t any declining development in International Direct Investments (FDI) into India, although periodic fluctuations might happen typically attributable to international rate of interest adjustments, Commerce and Trade Minister Piyush Goyal has stated.

Mr. Goyal added that India is seeing renewed abroad inflows and the federal government is open to recommendations and can undertake new measures to advertise FDI within the nation.

During the last eleven monetary years (2014-25), India attracted FDI value USD 748.78 billion, a rise of 143 per cent over the earlier eleven years (2003-14), which noticed USD 308.38 billion in inflows.

Moreover, the variety of supply nations for FDI elevated from 89 in 2013-14 to 112 in 2024-25, underscoring India’s rising international enchantment as an funding vacation spot, Mr. Goyal stated.

Given these figures, “I do not assume that there’s any declining development, periodically there could also be some adjustments, and that occurs extra attributable to adjustments in rate of interest cycles in different nations, so if the bond yields in some nations grow to be exorbitantly excessive, cash tends to circulate into these nations. now we have as soon as once more seen cash flowing again into India,” Mr. Goyal informed reporters right here.

In 2024-25, India obtained a complete FDI of USD 81 billion, which is the very best within the final three years, he stated.

With USD 81 billion, India is again into the FDI progress trajectory, he stated, including, “We’re a listening authorities. We’re open to recommendations and we’re at all times able to undertake newer measures”.

The very best was USD 84.83 billion in 2021-22. The minister is right here on an official go to to carry conferences with Swiss leaders and firms to spice up commerce and investments between the 2 nations.

International direct funding in India fell 24.5 per cent year-on-year to USD 9.34 billion within the January-March quarter of 2024-25 however grew 13 per cent to USD 50 billion throughout the complete earlier monetary 12 months.

Complete FDI, which incorporates fairness inflows, reinvested earnings and different capital, grew by 14 per cent to USD 81.04 billion over the last monetary 12 months. The identical stood at USD 71.3 billion in 2023-24.

Throughout 2024-25, Singapore emerged as the most important supply of FDI with USD 14.94 billion inflows. It was adopted by Mauritius (USD 3.73 billion towards USD 8.34 billion), the US (USD 5.45 billion), the Netherlands (USD 4.62 billion), the UAE (USD 3.12 billion), Japan (USD 2.47 billion), Cyprus (USD 1.2 billion), UK (USD 795 million), Germany (USD 469 million), and Cayman Islands (USD 371 million).

Sectorally, inflows rose in providers, buying and selling, telecommunication, car, building improvement, non-conventional vitality and chemical compounds.