India attracted cumulative Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), inflows worth 843 billion US dollars between 2014-15 and 2025-26, registering a 169 per cent increase over the previous 12-year period. According to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), India recorded a historic FDI inflow of over 94 billion dollars in 2025-26 despite global economic uncertainties. More than 90 per cent of equity inflows came through the automatic route.
Addressing the media, DPIIT Joint Secretary Sumeet Jarangal said, Initiatives such as Make in India and the Production Linked Incentive Scheme have helped translate investments into manufacturing growth. He said India now manufactures 99.2 per cent of the mobile phones used in the country.
He added that the National Single Window System, integrated with 32 central ministries and 34 states and Union Territories, has processed over 13 lakh applications and facilitated more than 8 lakh approvals, improving the ease of doing business. India also has over two lakh 35 thousand DPIIT-recognised startups, which have generated around 24 lakh direct jobs, with more than half located in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
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