As per the Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, C. R. Chaudhary, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on July 18, 2018, measures taken by the Government on FDI policy liberalization along with improvement in ease of doing business climate has resulted in growth of total FDI inflows.
- The country has been recording highest ever FDI since 2015-16. It increased from 55.56 USD billion in 2015-16 to 60.22 USD billion in 2016-17 and reached to 61.96 USD billion in 2017-18.
- These figures surpass the FDI inflows of any of the preceding financial years.
Year wise increase in the total FDI inflows is given below:
- 2013-14 36.05 (USD billion)
- 2014-15 45.15 (USD billion)
- 2015-16 55.56 (USD billion)
- 2016-17 (P) 60.22 (USD billion)
- 2017-18 (P) 61.96 (USD billion)
