Fdi Equity Inflows Drop 14% In H1 — Computer Hardware, Software Top Draws – CNBCTV18
It has been slow going for FDI equity inflows into India in the quarter ended September. Foreign direct investment (FDI) equity inflows into India contracted by 14 percent to $26.9 billion during the April-September this fiscal, according to the data of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). The inflows had stood at $31.15 billion during the corresponding period of the previous year.
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The total FDI inflows (which includes equity inflows, re-invested earnings and other capital) too declined to $39 billion during the first six months of the current fiscal year against $42.86 billion in the year-ago period.
During the first half of this fiscal, Singapore emerged as the top investor with $10 billion FDI. It was followed by Mauritius ($3.32 billion), UAE ($2.95 billion), USA ($2.6 billion), the Netherlands ($1.76 billion), and Japan ($1.18 billion), the data showed.
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The computer software and hardware sector attracted the highest inflows of $6.3 billion during the six-month period of this fiscal. It was followed by services ($4.16 billion), trading ($3.28 billion), chemicals ($1.3 billion), automobile industry ($932 million) and construction and infrastructure activities ($990 million).
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