-The Hindu The inflows during 2020-21 have not been in sync with the Government’s priorities for economic recovery In an otherwise gloomy economic scenario, one area of cheer for the Government has been the numbers on inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI). In a recent press release, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced that “India has attracted highest ever total FDI inflow of U.S.$81.72 billion during the financial year 2020-21 and...
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India sees worst outflow of FIIs/FPIs in 18 years -Furquan Moharkan
-Deccan Herald For the first time in 18 years, the country has witnessed a record withdrawal of foreign investors from the Indian equity and debt markets. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have pulled out a record Rs 51,591 crore from the Indian markets in less than nine months of this year amid concerns over a slide in rupee value against the dollar. Earlier in 2008, the FIIs had...
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-The Indian Express The Samajwadi Party’s sweep in India’s biggest state, Uttar Pradesh, and Congress’s defeat in Punjab and Goa will further shrink the elbow room the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre has to push through key initiatives such as foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, pension reforms and legislation such as the goods and service tax (GST) that require support from states. The Centre had postponed some of these...
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