Foreign Investment in pharma sector

During the Financial Year 2015-16, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to US$ 0.754 billion has been received in Drugs & Pharmaceutical Sector through equity inflow.

According to World Trade Organization (WTO)’s database for the year 2014, India’s export is higher than China in the sectors of `Fuels’ and `Fuels & Mining Products’.

A total of US$ 138.01 billion of Foreign Investment (FDI + investment by Foreign Institutional Investors) has been made in the country during the last two years i.e. F.Y. 2014-15 & 2015-16.

This information was given by the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.