World Investment Report is published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Key Findings
India was the fifth-largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2020 improving its rank by four places, from ninth position in 2019, pushed up by acquisitions in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry.
In India, FDI increased by 27 per cent (to $64 billion).
Companies in India are South Asia’s largest investors, with more than 90 per cent of outflows in 2020.
Greenfield projects in India contracted by 19 per cent to $24 billion, and the second wave in April 2021 is affecting economic ....
