Sectoral Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment in India

Abstract

The study finds that the highest amount of FDI during 2000 to 2014 - US$ 41307 million (18%) - has gone to the service sector and that FDI has a positive impact on the economic growth of the country. FOREIGN investment is of growing importance to global economic growth. For host countries foreign investment acts as a catalyst of augmenting capital, provide access to the superior technology that promote efficiency and productivity of the existing production facilities and generate new production opportunity, provide managerial skills needed for charging economic growth, and access to regional and global markets.