FDI inflows recorded highest ever for fiscal year 2018-19

The total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow was over 318 billion US dollars between 2014 and September 2019 representing nearly 50 percent of the cumulative FDI in India since April 2000.

In 2018-19, the FDI inflow stood at a record 62 billion US dollars, highest ever recorded for a fiscal year.

This information was given in a written reply to a



question in the Lok Sabha by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. He said FDI can be one measure to track the growth of Make in India.

The initiative was launched in 2014 for promoting India as an important investment destination and a global hub for manufacturing, design and innovation.