Total Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) inflows into India during the second quarter of financial year 2020-21 (July, 2020 to September, 2020) have been US$ 28,102 million, out of which FDI equity inflows were US$ 23,441 million or Rs. 174,793 crore.This takes the FDI equity inflows during the financial year 2020-21upto September 2020 to US$30,004 million which is 15% more than the corresponding period of 2019-20. In rupee terms, the FDI Equity inflows of Rs 224,613 Crore are 23% more than the last year. August, 2020 has been the significant month when US$ 17,487 Million FDI equity inflows were reported in the country.

In terms of the Countries from where FDI Equity Inflows were reported to India, during April, 2000 to September, 2020; maximum FDI Equity inflows have been reported from Mauritius, followed by Singapore and the USA.

SHARE OF TOP INVESTING COUNTRIES FDI EQUITY INFLOWS (Financialyears):

Amount in Rupees Crores (in US$ Million)

Rank s	Country	2018-19 (April – March)	2019-20 (April – March)	2020-21 (April – September)	CumulativeInflows (April, 00 – September,20)	%age to total Inflows (interms of US$)
1.	MAURITIUS	57,139	57,785	15,019	810,960	29%
(8,084)	(8,241)	(2,003)	(144,713)
2.	SINGAPORE	112,362	103,615	62,084	671,646	21%
(16,228)	(14,671)	(8,301)	(105,970)
3.	U.S.A.	22,335	29,850	53,266	229,488	7%
(3,139)	(4,223)	(7,123)	(36,902)
4.	NETHERLANDS	27,036	46,071	11,306	219,628	7%
(3,870)	(6,500)	(1,498)	(35,350)
5.	JAPAN	20,556	22,774	4,932	201,037	7%
(2,965)	(3,226)	(653)	(34,152)
6.	U.K.	9,352	10,041	10,155	160,566	6%
(1,351)	(1,422)	(1,352)	(29,563)
7.	GERMANY	6,187	3,467	1,498	70,442	2%
(886)	(488)	(202)	(12,398)
8.	CYPRUS	2,134	6,449	355	58,348	2%
(296)	(879)	(48)	(10,796)
9.	FRANCE	2,890	13,686	8,494	59,005	2%
(406)	(1,896)	(1,135)	(9,675)
10.	CAYMAN ISLANDS	7,147	26,397	15,672	65,520	2%
(1,008)	(3,702)	(2,103)	(9,639)
TOTAL FDI EQUITY INFLOWS FROM ALL COUNTRIES *	309,867 (44,366)	353,558 (49,977)	224,613 (30,004)	2,957,057 (500,123)	–

Among the sectors, Services sector has received maximum FDI equity inflows, during April, 2000 to September, 2020; followed by Computer Software & Hardware, and Telecommunications.

SECTORS ATTRACTING HIGHEST FDI EQUITY INFLOWS:       

Amount in Rs. Crores (in US$ Million)

Ranks	Sector	2018-19 (April – March)	2019-20 (April – March)	2020-21 (April – September)	CumulativeInflows (April, 00 – September, 20)	% age to total Inflows                    (In terms ofUS$)
1.	SERVICES SECTOR **	63,909 (9,158)	55,429 (7,854)	16,955 (2,252)	488,685 (84,255)	17%
2.	COMPUTER SOFTWARE & HARDWARE	45,297 (6,415)	54,250 (7,673)	131,169 (17,554)	407,175 (62,466)	12%
3	TELECOMMUNICATIONS	18,337 (2,668)	30,940 (4,445)	50 (7)	219,238 (37,278)	7%
4.	TRADING	30,963 (4,462)	32,406 (4,574)	7,140 (949)	183,145 (28,543)	6%
5.	CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT: Townships, housing, built-up infrastructure and construction- development projects	1,503 (213)	4,350 (617)	887 (118)	124,851 (25,780)	5%
6.	AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY	18,309 (2,623)	19,753 (2,824)	3,162 (417)	146,904 (24,628)	5%
7.	CHEMICALS (OTHER THAN FERTILIZERS)	13,685 (1,981)	7,492 (1,058)	3,287 (437)	101,842 (18,077)	4%
8.	CONSTRUCTION (INFRASTRUCTURE) ACTIVITIES	15,927 (2,258)	14,510 (2,042)	2,814 (377)	111,197 (17,223)	3%
9.	DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS	1,842 (266)	3,650 (518)	2,715 (367)	90,529 (16,868)	3%
10.	HOTEL & TOURISM	7,590 (1,076)	21,060 (2,938)	2,128 (283)	93,907 (15,572)	3%

Gujarat has been the major beneficiary state of the FDI Equity inflows, during October, 2019 to September, 2020;followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka.

STATES/UTs ATTRACTING HIGHEST FDI EQUITYINFLOWS

Amount in Rupees Crores (in US$ Million)

S. No.	STATE	2019-20 (October – March)	2020-21 (April – September)	CumulativeInflows (October, 19- September,20)	%age to total Inflows (in terms of US$)
1	GUJARAT	18,964	1,19,566	1,38,530	35%
(2,591)	(16,005)	(18,596)
2	MAHARASHTRA	52,073	27,143	79,216	20%
(7,263)	(3,619)	(10,882)
3	KARNATAKA	30,746	27,458	58,204	15%
(4,289)	(3,660)	(7,949)
4	DELHI	28,487	19,863	48,350	12%
(3,973)	(2,663)	(6,635)
5	JHARKHAND	13,208	5,990	19,198	5%
(1,852)	(792)	(2,644)
6	TAMIL NADU	7,230	7,062	14,292	4%
(1,006)	(938)	(1,944)
7	HARYANA	5,198	5,111	10,310	3%
(726)	(682)	(1,408)
8	TELANGANA	4,865	5,045	9,910	3%
(680)	(668)	(1,348)
9	UTTAR PRADESH	1,738	1,680	3,418	1%
(243)	(225)	(468)
10	WEST BENGAL	1,363 (190)	1,985 (261)	3,348 (451)	1%

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Source: PIB

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