Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Growth of States of India

Foreign direct investment (FDI) policies play a major role in the economic growth of developing countries around the world. Attracting FDI inflows with conductive policies has therefore become a key battleground in the emerging markets. The prospect of new growth opportunities and outsized profits encourages large capital inflows across a range of industry and opportunity types. And this has led to competition among the states in formulating flexible policies and providing incentives to woo private investors to invest more and more. In the light of the above the paper highlights the trend of FDI in India after the economic reforms, sector-wise and country-wise share of FDI, the manner in which FDI has effected the growth of Indian states. Various factors which play a significant role in attracting FDI into a particular state are also examined. Efforts made by the state governments in order to attract maximum FDI are also studied