Q2 sees US$28.1 billion FDI inflow

Nov 28: Total Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) inflows into India during the second quarter of the financial year 2020-21 (July 2020 to September 2020) have been US$ 28,102 million, out of which FDI equity inflows were US$ 23,441 million or Rs. 174,793 crore. This takes the FDI equity inflows during the financial year 2020-21upto September 2020 to US$30,004 million which is 15% more than the corresponding period of 2019-20. In rupee terms, the FDI Equity inflows of Rs 224,613 Crore are 23% more than the last year. August, 2020 has been the significant month when US$ 17,487 Million FDI equity inflows were reported in the country.

Financial Year 2020-21( April – September)Amount of FDI Equity inflows
(In Rs. Crore)(In US$ mn)
1.April, 202021,1332,772
2.May, 202016,9512,240
3.June, 202011,7361,550
4.July, 202022,8663,049
5.August, 2020130,57617,487
6.September, 202021,3502,906
2020-21 (form April, 2020 to September, 2020) #224,61330,004
2019-20 (form April, 2019 to September, 2019) #182,00026,096
%age growth over last year(+) 23%(+) 15%

# Figures are provisional, subject to reconciliation with RBI, Mumbai.

In terms of the Countries from where FDI Equity Inflows were reported to India, during April, 2000 to September, 2020; maximum FDI Equity inflows have been reported from Mauritius, followed by Singapore and the USA.

SHARE OF TOP INVESTING COUNTRIES FDI EQUITY INFLOWS (Financialyears):

Amount in Rupees Crores (in US$ Million)

 Rank s Country 2018-19(April – March) 2019-20(April – March) 2020-21(April – September)CumulativeInflows (April, 00 –September,20)%age to total Inflows (intermsof US$)
1.MAURITIUS57,13957,78515,019810,96029%
(8,084)(8,241)(2,003)(144,713)
2.SINGAPORE112,362103,61562,084671,64621%
(16,228)(14,671)(8,301)(105,970)
3.U.S.A.22,33529,85053,266229,4887%
(3,139)(4,223)(7,123)(36,902)
4.NETHERLANDS27,03646,07111,306219,6287%
(3,870)(6,500)(1,498)(35,350)
5.JAPAN20,55622,7744,932201,0377%
(2,965)(3,226)(653)(34,152)
6.U.K.9,35210,04110,155160,5666%
(1,351)(1,422)(1,352)(29,563)
7.GERMANY6,1873,4671,49870,4422%
(886)(488)(202)(12,398)
8.CYPRUS2,1346,44935558,3482%
(296)(879)(48)(10,796)
9.FRANCE2,89013,6868,49459,0052%
(406)(1,896)(1,135)(9,675)
10.CAYMAN ISLANDS7,14726,39715,67265,5202%
(1,008)(3,702)(2,103)(9,639)
TOTAL FDI EQUITY INFLOWS FROM ALL COUNTRIES *309,867(44,366)353,558(49,977)224,613(30,004)2,957,057(500,123)

Among the sectors, Services sector has received maximum FDI equity inflows, during April, 2000 to September, 2020; followed by Computer Software & Hardware, and Telecommunications.

SECTORS ATTRACTING HIGHEST FDI EQUITY INFLOWS:       

Amount in Rs. Crores (in US$ Million)

 Ranks Sector2018-19(April – March)2019-20(April – March)2020-21(April – September)CumulativeInflows (April, 00 –September, 20)% age to total Inflows                    (In terms ofUS$)
1.SERVICES SECTOR **63,909(9,158)55,429(7,854)16,955(2,252)488,685(84,255)17%
2.COMPUTER SOFTWARE & HARDWARE45,297(6,415)54,250(7,673)131,169(17,554)407,175(62,466)12%
3TELECOMMUNICATIONS18,337(2,668)30,940(4,445)50(7)219,238(37,278)7%
4.TRADING30,963(4,462)32,406(4,574)7,140(949)183,145(28,543)6%
 5.CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT:Townships, housing, built-up infrastructure and construction- development projects 1,503(213) 4,350(617) 887(118) 124,851(25,780) 5%
6.AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY18,309(2,623)19,753(2,824)3,162(417)146,904(24,628)5%
7.CHEMICALS (OTHER THAN FERTILIZERS)13,685(1,981)7,492(1,058)3,287(437)101,842(18,077)4%
8.CONSTRUCTION (INFRASTRUCTURE) ACTIVITIES15,927(2,258)14,510(2,042)2,814(377)111,197(17,223)3%
9.DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS1,842(266)3,650(518)2,715(367)90,529(16,868)3%
10.HOTEL & TOURISM7,590(1,076)21,060(2,938)2,128(283)93,907(15,572)3%

Gujarat has been the major beneficiary state of the FDI Equity inflows, during October, 2019 to September, 2020;followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka.

STATES/UTs ATTRACTING HIGHEST FDI EQUITYINFLOWS

Amount in Rupees Crores (in US$ Million)

 S.No. STATE 2019-20(October – March) 2020-21(April – September)CumulativeInflows (October, 19-September,20)%age to total Inflows(in terms of US$)
1GUJARAT18,9641,19,5661,38,53035%
(2,591)(16,005)(18,596)
2MAHARASHTRA52,07327,14379,21620%
(7,263)(3,619)(10,882)
3KARNATAKA30,74627,45858,20415%
(4,289)(3,660)(7,949)
4DELHI28,48719,86348,35012%
(3,973)(2,663)(6,635)
5JHARKHAND13,2085,99019,1985%
(1,852)(792)(2,644)
6TAMIL NADU7,2307,06214,2924%
(1,006)(938)(1,944)
7HARYANA5,1985,11110,3103%
(726)(682)(1,408)
8TELANGANA4,8655,0459,9103%
(680)(668)(1,348)
9UTTAR PRADESH1,7381,6803,4181%
(243)(225)(468)
10WEST BENGAL1,363(190)1,985(261)3,348(451)1%
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