Policy Initiatives of FDIs in India

Abstract

FDIs (Foreign Direct Investment) have gained lot of importance in Indian economy. They provide mutual benefit to both origin as well as host countries. India has been an attractive market for FDI inflows and in specific, for the last two years, there has been an unnerving upsurge in the economic development of country. FDIs in India are allowed in most of the sectors and in this direction a major policy initiative called ‘Make in India’ campaign has been launched in 2014 to promote India as a major investment destination as well as a global hub for manufacturing, design and innovation. Further, the reforms in Indian FDI have aimed at easing, rationalising and simplifying the process of foreign investments and accept the proposals in automatic route. Therefore, this paper initiates to discuss some of the policies and recent trends in Indian FDI sector.