India’s FDI inflows jump 14% to cross $81 billion in 2024–25 –

India has received foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows worth 81.04 billion US dollars in the financial year 2024-25. It reflects a 14 per cent increase from 71.28 billion US dollars in the financial year 2023-24. The  Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in a statement, said that the services sector emerged as the top recipient of FDI equity in 2024-25 by attracting 19 per cent of total inflows. It was followed by computer software and hardware at 16 per cent and trading at 8 per cent. FDI into the services sector also rose by 40.77 per cent to 9.35 billion US dollars from 6.64 billion dollars in the previous year. The Ministry added that India is also becoming a hub for manufacturing FDI, which grew by 18 per cent in the financial year 2024-25 and reached 19.04 billion dollars as compared to 16.12 billion dollars in 2023-24. The Government has put in place an investor-friendly FDI policy, under which most sectors are open for 100 per cent FDI through the automatic route.