ISAS Working Papers

Total foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India reached Rs.706.30 billion (US$15.73 billion) in 2006-07, with the largest share coming from Mauritius, followed by the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Singapore. The sectors that received the largest share of total FDI inflows between August 1991 and March 2007 were electrical equipment and the services sector, accounting for 18.77 percent and 17.84 percent of total FDI respectively. These were followed by the telecommunications, transportation, fuels and chemical sectors.