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India’s Foreign Direct
Investment Story:
Reform, Resilience and
Rising Global Confidence
I India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) The scale of this transformation becomes
clearer when viewed over time. Between
trajectory over the past decade is
not merely a story of rising capital
inflows- it is the narrative of a country April 2014 and December 2025, India
attracted USD 821.66 billion in FDI -
systematically restructuring its a 166 percent increase over the
economic foundations to align with new USD 308.38 billion received during
global realities. The shift has been 2003–14. Nearly 72 per cent of all FDI
structural, deliberate and reform-driven, received since 2000 has entered the
reflecting the convergence of country in the past decade, underscoring
macroeconomic stability, regulatory a decisive structural acceleration rather
clarity and sustained investments in than a cyclical uptick.
Amardeep Singh Bhatia manufacturing and infrastructure.
Secretary, Department for Annual inflows trace the same arc, i.e. FDI
Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade During April 2000 to December 2025, rose from USD 36.05 billion in FY 2013–14
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, cumulative gross FDI inflows have to USD 80.61 billion in FY 2024–25, more
Government of India crossed USD 1.14 trillion, marking a than doubling despite a turbulent global
historic milestone that signals India’s environment marked by supply-chain
deep integration into global capital and disruptions, geopolitical tensions and
production networks. tightening financial conditions.
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