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Arvind Subramanian writes: To boost investment, change the people in charge

May 26, 2026 1:08 pm

The government must recruit fresh talent, prized for its quality, independence and new ideas, not loyalty and cheerleading. Officials must become more open and realistic about acknowledging the ongoing challenges

Balancing prudence and ambition as old order gives way to the new; foreign investor

To win back foreign investors, India needs tax reform

May 14, 2026 5:18 pm

With foreign outflows rising and oil risks mounting, policymakers need a fresh strategy to restore investor confidence

Gross FDI for April 2025-February 2026 stood at $88.30 billion, up 18% year-on-year.

Before war, India saw net FDI inflows of $4.6 billion in Feb – highest in almost 4 years

April 23, 2026 8:05 pm

Foreign Direct Investment inflows returned to the positive territory on a net basis after a gap of six months in February.

Time to allow greater freedom to banks, raise sector’s FDI limits: Deepak Parekh

April 19, 2026 4:38 am

Parekh also said the government should open up FDI limits for sectors other than banking to attract foreign capital and make India an attractive investment destination.

The political decision to ease the restriction, which had a national security consideration, was taken after the Economic Survey 2023-24 made a strong case for attracting investment from Chinese companies to strengthen India’s export competitiveness.

Explained: Changes in India’s FDI policy for Land Bordering Countries, including China, and who stands to gain

March 13, 2026 2:02 pm

The 2020 restrictions were primarily meant for Chinese investors. New amendments aim to boost India’s export competitiveness, and come amid the larger attempt to stabilise ties.

On FDI, opening the door, easing the flows

March 12, 2026 12:28 am

In recent years, while investment flows from China have dwindled, trade between the two countries has only deepened.

This comes after the Centre, in December last year, approved a Rs 7,280 crore scheme to promote the manufacturing of rare earth permanent magnet (REPM) in India.

FDI policy easing for land-bordering countries to include rare earth magnets, processing: DPIIT

March 12, 2026 4:49 am

DPIIT Secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia said the FDI amendment will help unlock greater and easier FDI inflows from global funds for Indian companies, including startups and deep techs, and take forward the agenda of ease of doing business.

Path to resilient, reciprocal India-US ties runs through California

In India-US deal, there is a dangerous asymmetry. California can bridge the gap

February 20, 2026 7:39 am

California's invitation to India's private sector is an open one

Given the increasingly restrictive external environment, Nageswaran said India has to come up with its own institutional or counteracting mechanisms as it didn’t have a “blocking statute” of its own.

India–US trade deal announced | Uncertainty over for global capital, China+1 strategy back in game: CEA

February 03, 2026 8:19 am

The rupee is likely to bounce back strongly when domestic financial markets open on Tuesday. It had settled at 91.51 to a US dollar on Monday.

GDp/Indian rupee: India, thanks to growth potential, has received a lot of foreign investments — either in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI, or investing money into things like building a new factory in India) or Foreign Portfolio Investments (FPI, or investing money in the form of buying stocks and shares of company).

GDP: Amid the rupee's fall, how investors are shunning the Indian economy

December 05, 2025 1:14 pm

When more money goes out of India than what comes in, the rupee’s exchange rate falls or weakens because it essentially means that the US dollars are more in demand relative to Indian rupee. What do data show on investments into India?