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This is an archive article published on June 3, 2012

Hopeful of more FDI this fiscal: Sharma

Union Commerce,Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma expressed confidence that the country would be attracting more foreign direct investment this fiscal

Union Commerce,Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma on Saturday expressed confidence that the country would be attracting more foreign direct investment this fiscal.

Despite the gloomy world economy,we received highest FDI of $50 billion last fiscal and we are hopeful of attracting more this fiscal, Sharma told reporters here on the sidelines of a powerloom industry function,without proffering any reason for his optimism.

The immediate challenge for the country is to appropriately calibrate the macroeconomic policies for addressing the downside risks… provide an investment climate that encourages foreign capital flows, Sharma said.

The Ministers statement comes in the wake of negative investor sentiment on account of General Anti-avoidance Rules (Gaar) which seek to retrospectively tax major corporate deals such as Vodafone-Hutch that took place in tax havens but had underlying physical assets in the country.

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