Name: Ritu Kang Walia
Country: India

Year: 2017
Volume: Volume-2, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 64-72

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays very important role in the overall development of any country including India. Its importance lies in the fact that it is non-debt creating foreign capital resources. It may engender benefits by bringing latest technology, skill development, new employment and spillovers. On the other hand Outward Direct investment (ODI) offers an additional path for developing country like India to link up to global markets and production systems. Healthy flow of direct investments, either inward or outward, reflects increasing integration of an economy with the rest of the world. The relationship between FDI and economic growth has long been a subject of great curiosity in the field of international development. Meagerness of foreign direct investment retained many countries as poor country. Keeping in above backdrop, present study is a humble attempt to analyze the FDI inflows in Indian economy in the form of growth rate, sectors attracting the highest FDI, its performance and to draw policy implications flowing from the study.
Key-Words: FDI Inflows, Performance, Sectors, India.