Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): Trend Analysis of FDI Inflow in India

Foreign Direct investment plays a very important role in the development of the nation. Sometimes domestically available capital is inadequate for the purpose of overall development of the country. Foreign capital is seen as a way of filling in gaps between domestic savings and investment. India can attract much larger foreign investments than it has done in the past. The present study has focused on the trends of FOi Flow in India during 2000-01 to 2016-17.The study highlights country wise approvals of FOi inflows to India. The study based on Secondary data which have been collected through reports of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy, Reserve Bank of India, and World Investment Report. The study concludes that Mauritius emerged as the most dominant source of FOi contributing. It is because the India has Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Mauritius.