Lok Sabha Question No. 1953 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-03
Subject: Job Opportunities by FDI
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1953.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 3 RD  JULY, 2019.

## JOB OPPORTUNITIES BY FDI

## 1953.  SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment of total employment generation due to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of job opportunities created during each of the last five years in various industrial sectors;
- (c) the  details  of  bilateral  agreements  signed  by  India  for  FDI  in  the  country during the last five years along with the present status thereof;
- (d) whether India's FDI equity inflows fell during the last financial year;
- (e) if so, the details and the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the  sectors  where  FDI  inflows  dropped  and  the  sectors  which  received maximum FDI during the last five years?

## ANSWER वाणिज ् य एवं उद्योग मंत्री श्री पीयूष गोयल THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## ( ) (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) & (b): Data  is  not  centrally  maintained  for  assessing  the  impact  of  FDI  on employment generation.
- (c): During the last five years Bilateral Investments Treaty (BIT) between the Republic of India and the Republic of Belarus was signed on 24 September  2018  at  Minsk,  Belarus  and  Bilateral  Investment  Treaty between the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of the Republic of India was  signed on 14 June  2019  at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- (d) & (e): The details of FDI inflow & FDI equity inflow reported during the last five year are as under:

(P): Figures are provisional subject to reconciliation with RBI

|   S. No. | Financial Year   | FDI Equity Inflow Amount in US$ million   | Total FDI Inflow Amount in US$ million   |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2014-15          | 29,737                                    | 45,148                                   |
|        2 | 2015-16          | 40,001                                    | 55,559                                   |
|        3 | 2016-17 (P)      | 43,478                                    | 60,220                                   |
|        4 | 2017-18 (P)      | 44,857                                    | 60,974                                   |
|        5 | 2018-19 (P)      | 44,366                                    | 64,375                                   |

Foreign  Direct  Investment  is  largely  a  matter  of  private  business  decisions. FDI  inflows  depend  on  a  host  of  factors  such  as  the  availability  of  natural resources, market size, infrastructure, general investment climate as well as macro-economic stability and investment decision of foreign investors.

- (f): Sector wise details of FDI reported through equity inflow during the last five years are at Annexure-I.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1953 FOR ANSWER ON 03 rd  JULY, 2019

| Sl No   | Sector                                            | 2014-15 Apr-Mar    | 2015-16 Apr-Mar    | 2016-17 Apr-Mar    | 2017-18 Apr-Mar    | 2018-19 Apr-Mar    | Total              |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|         |                                                   | FDI in US$ million | FDI in US$ million | FDI in US$ million | FDI in US$ million | FDI in US$ million | FDI in US$ million |
| 1       | METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES                          | 359.34             | 456.31             | 1,440.18           | 371.76             | 598.84             | 3,226.43           |
| 2       | MINING                                            | 683.52             | 518.95             | 26.19              | 34.36              | 222.31             | 1,485.33           |
| 3       | POWER                                             | 707.04             | 868.80             | 1,112.98           | 1,621.00           | 1,105.64           | 5,415.47           |
| 4       | NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY                           | 615.95             | 776.51             | 783.57             | 1,204.46           | 1,446.16           | 4,826.66           |
| 5       | PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS                           | 1,077.72           | 48.81              | 123.20             | 9.32               | 65.33              | 1,324.38           |
| 6       | BOILERS AND STEAM GENERATING PLANTS               | 1.33               | 77.91              | 53.91              | 68.13              | 0.01               | 201.29             |
| 7       | PRIME MOVER (OTHER THAN ELECTRICAL GENERATORS)    | 230.70             | 159.13             | 286.88             | 159.06             | 244.92             | 1,080.68           |
| 8       | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS                             | 574.83             | 444.88             | 2,230.69           | 488.72             | 976.50             | 4,715.63           |
| 9       | COMPUTER SOFTWARE & HARDWARE                      | 46.82              | 167.17             | 70.19              | 84.86              | 11.50              | 380.54             |
| 10      | ELECTRONICS                                       | 96.84              | 208.39             | 83.97              | 196.87             | 451.88             | 1,037.95           |
| 11      | AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY                               | 2,725.64           | 2,526.82           | 1,609.32           | 2,089.53           | 2,623.22           | 11,574.52          |
| 12      | SEA TRANSPORT                                     | 37.69              | 0.33               | 22.34              | 0.01               | 0.05               | 60.43              |
| 13      | RAILWAY RELATED COMPONENTS                        | 129.73             | 73.99              | 87.57              | 98.54              | 72.19              | 462.02             |
| 14      | INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY                              | 716.79             | 568.26             | 329.30             | 462.82             | 338.18             | 2,415.35           |
| 15      | MACHINE TOOLS                                     | 24.06              | 126.38             | 23.89              | 45.16              | 44.93              | 264.42             |
| 16      | AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY                            | 72.35              | 16.44              | 15.19              | 17.20              | 5.78               | 126.96             |
| 17      | EARTH-MOVING MACHINERY                            | 30.11              | 97.66              | 52.23              | 29.18              | 34.16              | 243.33             |
| 18      | MISCELLANEOUS MECHANICAL & ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES | 186.69             | 274.57             | 245.24             | 106.42             | 162.67             | 975.59             |
| 19      | COMMERCIAL, OFFICE & HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENTS         | 33.39              | 36.68              | 7.44               | 20.97              | 11.78              | 110.27             |
| 20      | MEDICAL AND SURGICAL APPLIANCES                   | 145.93             | 173.26             | 479.71             | 87.23              | 156.72             | 1,042.85           |
| 21      | INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS                            | 0.85               | 7.42               | 0.80               | 2.28               | 1.62               | 12.97              |

| 22          | SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS                                    | 32.34     | 6.36      | 76.66     | 5.53      | 3.15      | 124.05    |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 23          | FERTILIZERS                                               | 225.32    | 20.93     | 0.89      | 26.68     | 86.73     | 360.54    |
| 24          | CHEMICALS (OTHER THAN FERTILIZERS)                        | 762.76    | 1,469.95  | 1,392.80  | 1,307.90  | 1,980.99  | 6,914.40  |
| 25          | PHOTOGRAPHIC RAW FILM AND PAPER                           | 0.75      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.75      |
| 26          | DYE-STUFFS                                                | 54.89     | 3.32      | 10.70     | 0.00      | 1.52      | 70.43     |
| 27          | DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS                                   | 1,497.74  | 754.26    | 857.39    | 1,009.96  | 265.97    | 4,385.32  |
| 28          | TEXTILES (INCLUDING DYED,PRINTED)                         | 177.43    | 230.13    | 618.95    | 454.45    | 198.14    | 1,679.10  |
| 29          | PAPER AND PULP (INCLUDING PAPER PRODUCTS)                 | 116.21    | 85.21     | 197.61    | 71.17     | 38.00     | 508.21    |
| 30          | SUGAR                                                     | 27.77     | 105.85    | 15.92     | 7.90      | 1.10      | 158.54    |
| 31          | FERMENTATION INDUSTRIES                                   | 225.38    | 202.36    | 110.86    | 38.48     | 149.49    | 726.57    |
| 32          | FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES                                | 515.86    | 505.88    | 727.22    | 904.90    | 628.24    | 3,282.10  |
| 33          | VEGETABLE OILS AND VANASPATI                              | 148.34    | 34.22     | 108.45    | 85.12     | 116.22    | 492.35    |
| 34          | SOAPS, COSMETICS & TOILET PREPARATIONS                    | 177.22    | 193.26    | 92.60     | 137.03    | 154.09    | 754.20    |
| 35          | RUBBER GOODS                                              | 284.51    | 296.15    | 262.76    | 392.21    | 197.64    | 1,433.27  |
| 36          | LEATHER,LEATHER GOODS AND PICKERS                         | 34.21     | 17.13     | 2.30      | 22.00     | 4.52      | 80.16     |
| 37          | GLUE AND GELATIN                                          | 21.44     | 0.82      | 90.60     | 3.76      | 13.29     | 129.91    |
| 38          | GLASS                                                     | 41.82     | 25.78     | 51.69     | 70.92     | 35.59     | 225.80    |
| 39          | CERAMICS                                                  | 35.29     | 51.21     | 15.40     | 50.12     | 58.09     | 210.11    |
| 40          | CEMENT AND GYPSUM PRODUCTS                                | 208.99    | 19.69     | 2,130.10  | 19.44     | 17.61     | 2,395.83  |
| 41          | TIMBER PRODUCTS                                           | 8.97      | 53.17     | 10.23     | 9.91      | 7.75      | 90.03     |
| 42          | DEFENCE INDUSTRIES                                        | 0.08      | 0.10      | 0.00      | 0.01      | 2.18      | 2.37      |
| 43          | DIAMOND,GOLD ORNAMENTS                                    | 280.18    | 58.54     | 123.92    | 233.03    | 29.15     | 724.82    |
| 44          | TEA AND COFFEE (PROCESSING & WAREHOUSING COFFEE & RUBBER) | 1.43      | 1.12      | 1.60      | 20.02     | 13.64     | 37.81     |
| 45          | PRINTING OF BOOKS (INCLUDING LITHO PRINTING INDUSTRY)     | 72.58     | 122.81    | 53.17     | 228.40    | 549.80    | 1,026.75  |
| 46          | COIR                                                      | 1.36      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 1.36      |
| 47          | MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES                                  | 765.88    | 668.77    | 296.40    | 398.76    | 441.16    | 2,570.96  |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                                               | 14,216.10 | 12,555.69 | 16,333.01 | 12,695.58 | 13,568.42 | 69,368.79 |

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