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Mauritius continue to be favorite source of Foreign Direct Investment in India - contributing 44% of total FDI

23-1-2009
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SHARE OF TOP INVESTING COUNTRIES FDI EQUITY INFLOWS (Financial year-wise):

(Extracts from FACT  SHEET  ON  FOREIGN  DIRECT  INVESTMENT  (FDI)  released as on 12-1-2009 for the month of October 2008)

 Amount Rupees in crores (US$ in million)

Ranks

Country

2005-06

(April- 

March)

2006-07

(April-

March)

2007-08

(April-

March)

 

2008-09

(April - Oct.08 ) 

 

Cumulative

Inflows

(April '00  to Oct. '08)

%age to  total

Inflows

(in terms of rupees)

1.

MAURITIUS

11,441

(2,570)

28,759

(6,363)

44,483

(11,096)

33,361

(7,694)

143,734

 (33,329)

44 %

2.

SINGAPORE

1,218

(275)

2,662

(578)

12,319

(3,073)

8,150

(1,909)

26,275

(6,266)

8 %

3.

U.S.A.

2,210

(502)

3,861

(856)

4,377

(1,089)

5,320

(1,258)

25,287 (5,791)

8 %

4.

U.K.

1,164

(266)

8,389

(1,878)

4,690

(1,176)

3,036

(701)

22,100 (5,063)

7 %

5.

NETHERLANDS

340

(76)

2,905

(644)

2,780

(695)

3,216

(740)

15,137

(3,445)

5 %

6.

JAPAN

925

(208)

382

(85)

  3,336

(815)

971

(223)

10,307

(2,349)

3 %

7.

GERMANY

1,345

(303)

540

(120)

2,075

(514)

2,302

(538)

9,040

(2,082)

3 %

8.

CYPRUS

310

(70)

266

(58)

3,385

(834)

3,698

(827)

7,765

(1,812)

2 %

9.

FRANCE

82

(18)

528

(117)

583

(145)

1,250

(295)

4,634

(1,056)

1 %

10.

U.A.E.

219

(49)

1,174

(260)

1,039

(258)

780

(186)

3,653

(849)

1 %

TOTAL  FDI INFLOWS *

24,613

(5,546)

70,630

(15,726)

98,664

(24,579)

80,395

(18,707)

350,495

(81,216)

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Note:   (i) *Includes inflows under NRI Schemes of RBI, stock swapped and advances pending for issue of shares.

(ii) Cumulative country-wise FDI inflows (from April 2000 to October 2008) - Annex-'A'.

    (iii) %age worked out in rupees terms & FDI inflows received through FIPB/SIA+ RBI's Automatic Route+ acquisition of existing shares only. 

 

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