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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Foreign Direct Investment and Its Impact on the Indian Economy
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Md Abu Rayhan Akash
	:	10.9790/5933-1705020108

Abstract: India is one of the world's fastest-growing emerging economies, attracting a significant volume of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) annually. Recent data, however, reveal episodes of volatility in FDI inflows alongside a tendency toward declining GDP growth rates, warranting a systematic examination of the multiple dimensions of such investment. The purpose of this study is to analyse the trends of FDI inflows into India across the period 2000–2020 and......

Keywords: FDI; Indian Economy; Foreign Investment; Economic Growth; Employment Generation; DPIIT; Sectoral Distribution.

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