Some investments have already started coming to India. (file photo)
There is a record increase in the promises of investment (FDI) made by foreign companies in India in 2025. According to media reports, tech companies, semiconductor manufacturing companies, automobile companies, financial services and energy companies together have promised to invest at least $135 billion so far.
Some of these investments have already started coming to India. Especially those sectors where work is done quickly, like Global Capability Centres, investment in them will come in the next few months. If we look at it over a period of five years, additional FDI of about $27 billion will come every year. This is equal to about one-third of the total $81 billion that came to India last year.
Big companies showed confidence in India
According to government data, FDI into India has increased by 16% between April and September, reaching $50.4 billion. This includes both equity and re-investment. Government officials believe that for the first time, total FDI may cross the $100 billion mark in this financial year. This confidence has increased because Google, Microsoft and Amazon have announced huge investments. The investment amount of these three together has now reached more than 70 billion dollars.
There are many investment proposals in line
Apart from tech companies, 750800 more investment proposals are also in line, with a total value of more than $65 billion. These include companies like Foxconn, VinFast and Shell Energy. This increase has come for the government at a time when foreign portfolio investors are withdrawing huge amounts of money from the Indian stock market. Many foreign companies sold their stake after the listing of Indian companies and many Indian companies expanded their work abroad so that they could connect with the global supply chain.
For this reason there was pressure on net FDI
Net FDI between April and September this year was approximately $7.6 billion, whereas last year the same figure was $3.4 billion. Net FDI was less than $1 billion in the whole of 2024–25, because about $50 billion of money was withdrawn by foreign investors. At a time when foreign portfolio investors are pulling money out of Indian stocks and the rupee is also weak, FDI will help stabilize India’s economy as it lasts longer and is more reliable. The investment pattern shows that the tech sector is at the forefront and new sectors like semiconductors are also gaining momentum. But in some sectors, such as automobiles, big global brands such as Ford and GM have exited.