FDI - More than Half of All Proposals by China and other Neighbours Rejected in Last two Years

· Only 66 of 347 with Value Rs. 76K crores Pass Muster since April 2020

Since 18th April, 2020, 347 FDI Proposals have been received by the Government from countries sharing land border with India or where the beneficial owner of an investment into India is situated in or is a citizen of any such country.

The value of investments proposed in the aforementioned proposals received by the Government is approximately INR 75,951 Crore.

Of the aforementioned proposals, 66 proposals have so far been granted approval by the Government. 193 cases have been rejected or closed or withdrawn. The sector-wise breakup of approved proposals along with total value of investments in the sector is placed below:

Sector-wise breakup of approved proposals along with total value of investments in the sector:

S.No	Sector	Number of Proposals	Total value of investments in the sector (approximately) in INR Crore
1	Automobile Industry	7	79.61
2	Chemicals (Other Than Fertilizers)	5	82.25
3	Computer Software & Hardware	3	10.68
4	Drugs & Pharmaceuticals	4	5037.00
5	Dye-Stuffs	1	5.44
6	Education	1	0.10
7	Electrical Equipments	1	20.00
8	Electronics	8	1575.79
9	Food Processing Industries	2	5.93
10	Information & Broadcasting (Including Print Media)	1	3.00
11	Machine Tools	1	37.80
12	Miscellaneous Industries	8	241.92
13	Non- Conventional Energy	6	2810.00
14	Petroleum And Natural Gas	1	20.00
15	Power	1	755.00
16	Services Sector (Fin., Banking, Insurance, Non Fin/Business, Outsourcing, R&D, Courier, Tech. Testing And Analysis, Other)	11	2907.81
17	Telecommunications	1	0.00
18	Textiles (Including Dyed,Printed)	1	1.90
19	Trading	3	30.65
Total		66	13,624.88

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Som Parkash, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on 16 March 2022.