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Informist, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

--RBI: Jul gross FDI inflows $11.11 bln vs $9.57 bln Jun, $5.54 bln yr ago 

MUMBAI – Gross foreign direct investment into India rose to $11.11 billion in July from $9.57 billion a month ago and $5.54 billion a year ago, according to the Reserve Bank of India's bulletin released Wednesday. Net FDI inflows rose to a 38-month high in July because of the higher gross FDI, slower repatriation, and outward FDI, according to a paper by the RBI staff.

Net FDI is the difference between gross FDI, excluding repatriation, and investments by Indians overseas. Repatriation fell to $3.80 billion in July, from $4.16 billion in June and $5.21 billion a year ago. The net outward FDI by Indians fell to $2.26 billion in July from $2.91 billion the previous month and $3.02 billion a year ago.

On a net basis, the FDI inflow in July was $5.05 billion, higher than $2.51 billion in June and an outflow of $2.69 billion in July last year.

Singapore, followed by the Netherlands, Mauritius, the US, and the United Arab Emirates, cumulatively accounted for more than three-fourth of the inflows, the RBI paper said. Manufacturing and services including communications, computers, and business services sectors were the biggest recipients of the inflows. Outward FDI was mainly directed towards financial, insurance and business services, as well as manufacturing. The US, Singapore, the Netherlands, Mauritius, and the UK were major destinations for outward FDI, the paper said.

Foreign portfolio investments saw a net outflow of $2.72 billion in July, against an inflow of $2.44 billion in June and $5.84 billion in July last year. "Foreign portfolio investment recorded net outflows in August, mainly due to equity outflows amidst heightened risk-off sentiment on US announcement of additional tariffs on Indian products," the RBI paper said. "In contrast, the debt segment saw net inflows owing to India's sovereign credit rating upgrade by S&P Global. During September so far overall net foreign portfolio investment turned positive primarily driven by sustained debt inflows on the US Fed (Federal Open Market Committee's) rate cut".  End

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Reported by Srijita Bose

Edited by Ashish Shirke

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