India’s FDI inflows elevated to $81.04 billion in FY 2024-25, marking a 14 per cent improve from $71.28 billion in FY 2023–24, in keeping with an announcement issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Business on Tuesday.
There was a gentle rise within the annual move of FDI into the nation during the last 11 years, from $36.05 billion in FY 2013-14, as a result of investor-friendly coverage, beneath which most sectors are open for 100 per cent FDI via the automated route, the assertion stated.
The companies sector emerged as the highest recipient of FDI fairness in FY 2024–25, attracting 19 per cent of complete inflows, adopted by laptop software program and {hardware} (16 per cent), and buying and selling (8 per cent). FDI into the companies sector rose by 40.77 per cent to $9.35 billion from $6.64 billion within the earlier yr.
India can also be turning into a hub for manufacturing FDI, which grew by 18 per cent in FY 2024–25, reaching $19.04 billion in comparison with $16.12 billion in FY 2023–24.
Maharashtra accounted for the best share (39 per cent) of complete FDI fairness inflows in FY 2024–25, adopted by Karnataka (13 per cent) and Delhi (12 per cent). Amongst supply nations, Singapore led with a 30 per cent share, adopted by Mauritius (17 per cent) and the US (11 per cent).
Over the past eleven monetary years (2014–25), India attracted FDI value $748.78 billion, reflecting a 143 per cent improve over the earlier eleven years (2003–14), which noticed $308.38 billion in inflows. This constitutes practically 70 per cent of the entire $1,072.36 billion in FDI obtained over the previous 25 years.
Moreover, the variety of supply nations for FDI elevated from 89 in FY 2013–14 to 112 in FY 2024–25, underscoring India’s rising international enchantment as an funding vacation spot.
Within the regulatory area, the federal government has undertaken transformative reforms throughout a number of sectors to liberalise FDI norms. Between 2014 and 2019, important reforms included elevated FDI caps in defence, insurance coverage, and pension sectors, and liberalised insurance policies for development, civil aviation, and single-brand retail buying and selling, the assertion stated.
From 2019 to 2024, notable measures included permitting 100 per cent FDI beneath the automated route in coal mining, contract manufacturing, and insurance coverage intermediaries. In 2025, the Union Funds proposed rising the FDI restrict from 74 per cent to 100 per cent for corporations investing their total premium inside India, the assertion added.
