FDI INFLOWS STATISTICS

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in equity during the year 2005-06 was US$ 5.135 billion. It represents an increase of 60% over the corresponding figure last year. The FDI for the month of March 2006 at US $ 831 million recorded an increase of 200 % over the inflows received during
March 2005. However keeping the past trends in view it can be expected that the reinvested earnings and other capital could be about US$ 3.2 billion. This should make an aggregate FDI inflow in
2005-06 of about US$ 8.3 billion i.e. 50% increase over the previous years figure of US$ 5.535 billion.