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FDI Surges 36.5 Per Cent In Services Sector In 2018-19 Amidst Marginal Overall Decline
Flipkart office in Bengaluru. (Photo by Hemant Mishra/Mint via Getty Images)
In a massive boost for India's services sector, the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the sector surged by a stellar 36.5 per cent in 2018-19 compared to the previous year according to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), reports The Hindu BusinessLine.
The sector received FDI of $9.15 billion in 2018-19 compared to $6.7 billion in the previous financial year of 2017-18. This gains significance as the services sector contributes a whopping 60 per cent to the gross domestic product (GDP) of India.
Various domains under the services sector include finance, banking, insurance, outsourcing, research and development, courier, technology testing and analysis. Also apart from the services sector, other sectors which registered a growth in FDI received include computer software and hardware, trading, automobile industry and chemicals.
However, overall FDI saw a marginal decline over the previous year, falling by around one per cent to $44.37 billion.
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