The central financial institution on Wednesday launched the provisional outcomes of the 2024-25 spherical of the annual census on international liabilities and property (FLA) overlaying cross-border liabilities and property of the Indian entities. Out of the 45,702 entities which responded within the newest census, 41,517 reported international direct funding (FDI) and/or abroad direct funding (ODI) of their stability sheet for March 2025, RBI mentioned. Of those entities, 33,637 had additionally reported within the earlier census spherical, and seven,880 have newly reported within the present spherical. Over three-fourths of the businesses that reported inward direct funding have been subsidiaries of international firms (single international investor holding greater than 50 per cent of whole fairness). “The USA and Singapore collectively accounted for over one-third of the FDI in India; different high sources included Mauritius, the UK and the Netherlands,” it mentioned.
