Foreign Direct Investment into India grew 8 percent year-on-year to USD 24.3 billion in 2013-14. Foreign investment inflows more than doubled to USD 3.53 billion in March this year from USD 1.52 in the same month last year.




The highest FDI came in services (USD 2.22 billion), followed by automobiles (USD 1.51 billion), telecommunications (USD 1.3 billion), pharmaceuticals (USD 1.27 billion) and construction development (USD 1.22 billion) in 2013-14.



Singapore led the FDI inflows into India with USD 5.98 billion, followed by Mauritius (USD 4.85 billion), the UK (USD 3.21 billion) and the Netherlands (USD 2.27 billion).



Reema Sharma/Ajeet Kumar