The total FDI inflow includes equity inflow, equity capital of unincorporated bodies, re-invested earnings and other capital. During the calendar year 2021, total FDI inflow of US$ 74.01 billion has been reported in India. The State wise details are maintained only for FDI equity component and are given below in ANNEXURE – I.

As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, total FDI inflow of US$ 74.01 billion has been reported in calendar year 2021 compared to US$ 87.55 billion in calendar year 2020.   

FDI is largely a matter of commercial business decisions and FDI inflow depends on a host of factors such as availability of natural resource, market size, infrastructure, political and general investment climate as well as macro-economic stability and investment decision of foreign investors. In calendar year 2021, the FDI inflow decreased by 15% as compared to calendar year 2020.   

To promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the Government has put in place an investor-friendly policy, wherein most sectors except certain strategically important sectors are open for 100% FDI under the automatic route. Further, the policy on FDI is reviewed on an ongoing basis, to ensure that India remains attractive and investor friendly destination. Changes are made in the policy after having consultations with stakeholders including apex industry chambers, associations, representatives of industries/groups and other organizations. Government has recently undertaken a number of reforms across sectors. In the recent past, reforms in the FDI policy have been undertaken in sectors such as Insurance, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Telecom etc.

 ANNEXURE – I

 STATEMENT ON STATE WISE FDI EQUITY INFLOW  FROM January 2021 to December 2021

Sr.No.	State Name	C.Y. 2021 FDI equity inflow* (Amt. in US$ million)
1	ANDHRA PRADESH	178.09
2	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	0.14
3	ASSAM	6.02
4	BIHAR	150.31
5	CHANDIGARH	30.42
6	CHHATTISGARH	0.98
7	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	135.63
8	DELHI	7,647.63
9	GOA	32.45
10	GUJARAT	2,709.81
11	HARYANA	2,587.36
12	HIMACHAL PRADESH	138.06
13	JAMMU AND KASHMIR	0.01
14	JHARKHAND	0.43
15	KARNATAKA	18,554.29
16	KERALA	310.67
17	LADAKH	0.12
18	MADHYA PRADESH	57.65
19	MAHARASHTRA	12,226.15
20	MEGHALAYA	1.10
21	ODISHA	39.46
22	PUDUCHERRY	0.05
23	PUNJAB	631.03
24	RAJASTHAN	619.91
25	State Not Indicated	3.07
26	TAMIL NADU	3,023.33
27	TELANGANA	1,584.59
28	TRIPURA	0.13
29	UTTAR PRADESH	224.81
30	UTTARAKHAND	106.25
31	WEST BENGAL	339.36
	Total:	51,339.27

* Total FDI inflow includes equity inflow, equity capital of unincorporated bodies,   re-invested earnings and other capital. State-wise details are maintained only for equity component of FDI inflow.  

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 Direct Investment openness: policy permits full foreign ownership under the automatic route and requires state-level equity reporting. The Government reports total FDI inflow for 2021 as comprising equity inflow, equity capital of unincorporated bodies, re invested earnings and other capital, with state wise details maintained only for the equity component. The policy framework is investor friendly: most sectors are open to full foreign participation under the automatic route, the FDI policy is periodically reviewed after stakeholder consultations, and recent sectoral reforms have been undertaken; an annexure provides state wise equity inflow figures for January-December 2021.