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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: FDI

Maharashtra signs 25 MoUs with companies of 6 countries at Dubai World Expo

Signed by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, MoUs come with proposed investment of nearly Rs. 15,260 crore and potential to generate direct employment for 10,851 people.

4-year moratorium, 100% FDI via automatic route: Cabinet approves major telecom reforms

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnav said 9 structural reforms were approved in the sector, adding these measures are expected to ease the cash flow issues being faced by some people.

Yahoo shut down news websites in India due to new FDI regulations

The company said Yahoo account, mail and search will continue to operate. The new laws limit foreign investment in digital media companies to 26%.

India considers allowing foreign direct investment in IPO-headed LIC

The Modi-led central government is looking at the LIC IPO, slated to be India’s largest ever, to help narrow its budget gap to 6.8% of GDP in the year through March 2022.

India is walking on one leg because 1991 reforms missed banking & finance

Restrictions on banking led to limited capacity for new entrepreneurs to have access to resources. It allowed the old elite to continue dominating. This order must be shaken up now.

$97 mn in 1991 to $82 bn in 2021 — how reforms made India a go-to destination for FDI

Average yearly FDI inflows were at $63 bn during Modi govt tenure beginning 2014, compared to average annual inflow of $30 bn during 10 yrs of UPA.

India fifth largest recipient of inflows in world with $64 billion FDI in 2020, says UN

The increase in FDI to 27% from $51 billion in 2019 was pushed up by acquisitions in the information and communication technology industry due to the pandemic, the UN report said.

India’s FDI inflow grew by 19% to $59.64 billion in 2020-2021, says commerce ministry

In terms of top investor countries, Singapore is at the top with 29 per cent share. It was followed by the US with 23 per cent and Mauritius with 9 per cent during the last fiscal.

FDI equity inflows grow 28% to $54.18 billion during April-January

Ministry of Commerce and Industry says policy reforms, investment facilitation and ease of doing business resulted in the jump in FDI inflows.

74% FDI in insurance: What this means for policy holders, Indian companies & promoters

Rajya Sabha Thursday cleared bill that allows more foreign investment flowing into India. Find out how this could change the industry, what are the safeguards for policy holders & more.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.