The details of foreign investment reported through routes of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow and Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) inflows (net) during the last five financial years are as under:

S. No.	Financial Year	Total FDI Inflow (amount in US$ million)	FPI inflows (net) (amount in US$ million)
1.	2016-17	60,220	7,735
2.	2017-18	60,974	22,165
3.	2018-19	62,001	(-) 2,225
4.	2019-20	74,390	552
5.	2020-21	81,973	38,725

Source: Reserve Bank of India.

As shown in table above, despite COVID-19 pandemic, the country has shown growth both in FDI inflow and FPI inflows (net) during Financial Year 2020-21 as compared to previous Financial Year 2019-20.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Som Parkash, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

Foreign investment inflows: official data show rising FDI and net FPI in the latest year despite pandemic effects. The document provides official annual aggregates of Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment inflows for the last five financial years and notes that both FDI and net FPI rose in the most recent year compared to the prior year, with 2020-21 showing stronger inflows despite the COVID-19 pandemic; the figures are sourced to the central banking authority and were disclosed in a parliamentary written reply.