FDI Equity Inflows for June, 2011

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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry

08-August-2011 11:49 IST

FDI Equity Inflows for June, 2011

FDI equity inflows, for the month of June, 2011, have been received from the Reserve Bank of India. The figures indicate that the trend of high FDI equity inflows, since the beginning of the present financial year, is being maintained.

An analysis of the inflows is given below:

MONTH-WISE FDI EQUITY INFLOWS:

A record 2^nd highest monthly FDI equity inflow (during the last 11 financial years, starting 2000-2001), of US$ 5.656 billion, has been received during the month of June 2011, representing an increase of nearly 310%, in US $ terms, over the FDI equity inflows of US $ 1.380 billion received in June, 2010.

FINANCIAL YEAR-WISE FDI EQUITY INFLOWS:

FDI equity inflows, for the first quarter of the current financial year (April-June, 2011), have been US $ 13.441 billion, representing an increase of almost 133%, in US $ terms, over the FDI equity inflows of US $ 5.772 billion for the corresponding period of the last financial year (April-June, 2010).

CALENDER YEAR-WISE FDI EQUITY INFLOWS:

FDI equity inflows, for the first six months (January-June, 2011), of the current calendar year, have been US $ 16.832 billion, representing an increase of nearly 57%, in US $ terms, over the FDI equity inflows of US $ 10.740 billion, received in the corresponding period (January-June, 2010), in the last calendar year.

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