Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): India

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Foreign companies registered in India

2014:Foreign companies in India,state-wise

The Times of India

Feb 09 2015

DESTINATION INDIA

As of December, 2014, there were over 4,000 foreign companies registered in the country. Of these, a little over 79% were active.Interestingly. the national capital had the highest number of such companies. It was followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana and Tamil Nadu, usually perceived as some of the most industrialized states. The relatively large number of companies registered in Haryana seems to be linked to MNCs located in Gurgaon, one of the NCR's leading business hubs

FDI by G20 nations: 2000-15

The Times of India ,Sep 02 2015

FDI in India by G20 nations (April 2000-March 2015); Graphic courtesy: The Times of India ,Sep 02 2015

Kounteya Sinha

UK leads G20 nations flow to India in FDIHOT  The latest data to confirm Britain's increasing interest in investing in India will make PM Narendra Modi happy a couple of months before he embarks on his maiden visit to the United Kingdom. The UK has become the largest investor in India among all G20 countries with a combined revenue of more than $54 billion in India.

Between the year 2000 and 2015, UK's FDI into India amounts to $22 billion -9% of all FDI in the country .

In total, G20 nations invested $ 73.9 billion in India between 2000-2015 with the UK being the single largest G20 investor into India followed by Japan ($ 18.3 bn), the US ($13.7bn), Germany ($ 7.6 bn) and France ($ 4.5 billion).

As India's largest employer, UK firms employ around 691,000 people across the country -5.5% of total organized private sector jobs in the country . Between 2000 and 2015, UK FDI generated around 138,000 direct jobs, 7% of the total 1.96 million jobs generated by FDI in India.

India's massive talent pool was the main reason for 63% of the British companies to believe in India's potential while India's recent growth story made 86% of them turn to interest towards the Asian giant. English being an official language has helped, too, with 53% of the companies relying on it while 40% said it was the country's stable government.

Confederation for British Industry's first Sterling Assets India report sponsored by PwC UK and brought out in association with the UK India Business Council says that Maharashtra and Delhi have attracted the bulk of Britain's FDI into India -26% and 20% respectively .

The chemicals sector attracts the lion's share of British investment in India, at $5.78 billion (26% of UK FDI), followed by the pharmaceutical sector at $3.76 billion (17% of UK FDI) and the food processing sector at $3.05 billion (14% of UK FDI).

Katja Hall, the confederation's deputy DG, said, “The economic relationship between India and the UK is in fine fettle. The UK has played a significant role in India's growth journey , investing more and creating more jobs than any other G20 nation.PM Modi's steps to improve the ease of doing business in India are a great boost and we look forward to the EU-India FTA talks resuming.“