THE QUEST FOR FDI

FOCUS Graphiti $17.5 dm $12.6om bn Mauritius, a tax haven, is the favoured conduit for FDI into India $16.3 on THE QUEST FOR FDI Figures show FDI inflows into India between April 2000 to June 2012 The economic slowdown seems to have made foreign investors wary. Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country plunged in the first part of this fiscal year. The recent reforms push by the government, however, raising the FDI limit in a number of sectors, could go a long way in shoring up business sentiment and turning the tide. 56.1 $10.7on Text by Jyotindra Dubey Graphic by Santosh Kushwaha OJapan USA $65.6bn Singapore Mauritus FDI flows into India nosedived in the first four months of this fiscal year (down 58 per cent) as the economy lost momentum $14.6bn %24 Services, construction and IT sectors have seen the maximum FDI inflows over the years 33.8 Figures show FDI inflows between April 2000 to June 2012 4 $33.4 bn April -July, 2011 $0 Maharashtra corners a lion's share of the FDI inflows into India SERVICES SECTOR $6.18 bn Figures in $ billion show FDI inflows between April 2000 to June 2012 April-July, 2012 FDI flows were already hit by the global financial crisis at the end of 2008. China, however, remained largely unaffected $21 bn $12.5bn India China 116 Figures in $ billion 105.7 95 CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT TELECOM 9.9 8.7 8.7 92.4 90.4 43 41.8 37.7 $11.2 bn $9.6 bn 34.8 34.8 PHARMA COMPUTER SOFTWARES, HARDWARE 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 %24 %24 MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION KARNATAKA TAMIL NADU GUJARAT