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Expressing optimism over India’s foreign investment, the commerce and industry ministry has said the country is on track to attract $100 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) in the current fiscal on account of economic reforms and ease of doing business in recent years. In 2021-22, the country received the ‘highest ever’ foreign inflows of $83.6 billion. It added that this FDI has come from 101 countries, and invested across 31 union territories and states and 57 sectors in the country.

It said that to attract foreign investments, the government has put in place a liberal and transparent policy wherein most sectors are open to FDI under the automatic route. It added that the reform measures include liberalization of guidelines and regulations, in order to reduce unnecessary compliance burden, bring down cost and enhance the ease of doing business in India.

Besides, FDI equity inflows in India dipped by 6 per cent to $16.6 billion during April-June period of the current fiscal. It also said that to address the import of low-quality and hazardous toys and to enhance domestic manufacturing of toys, several strategic interventions have been taken by the government. The import of toys in 2021-22 reduced by 70 per cent to $110 million (Rs 877.8 crore). On the other hand, exports rose by 61 per cent to $326 million.