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FDI in manufacturing rises 69% to $165 bn during 2014-24: Jitin Prasada | Economy & Policy News

FDI in manufacturing rises 69% to 5 bn during 2014-24: Jitin Prasada | Economy & Policy News

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Replying to a separate question, he said that the initiatives taken by the Government have led to a decline in dependency on imports in several sectors including mobiles | File Photo


Foreign direct investment inflows in the manufacturing sector during 2014-24 rose by 69 per cent to $165.1 billion, Parliament was informed on Friday.

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada said that India is rapidly emerging as a preferred country for foreign investment in the manufacturing sector

” FDI equity inflow in the manufacturing sectors in the last ten financial years (2014-24) has increased by 69 per cent to $165.1 billion as compared to $97.7 billion in the previous ten financial years (2004-14),” he said.


He also said that the total FDI inflow of $383.50 billion has been reported in the country during the past five financial years (2019-20 to 2023-24).


Replying to a separate question, he said that the initiatives taken by the Government have led to a decline in dependency on imports in several sectors including mobiles.


The import of mobile phones has decreased from Rs 48,609 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 7,674 crore in 2023-24.


On the other hand, the exports have increased from Rs 1,566 crore in 2014-15 to more than Rs 1,28,982 crore in 2023-24, he said.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

First Published: Aug 09 2024 | 5:25 PM IST

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