New Delhi, June 22: One-third of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country came through the Mauritius route, with US taking the large part of the rest in January this year. Out of the total FDI proposals of Rs 43.91 crore which were given go-ahead by Reserve Bank of India in January, FDI from Mauritius stood at Rs 16.34 crore through nine proposals.
US which had largest number of proposals at 32 accounted for Rs 12.8 crore of FDI and stood second in the tally of countries.
Singapore which got approval for four proposals brought in about Rs 6.9 crore where as France, which had five proposals, invested about Rs 2.09 crore in country.
During the period under consideration, Netherlands received approval for two proposals worth Rs 1.6 crore, as per the official data.
Rest of the proposals which were given approvals included those from China, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, UAE, Taiwan, Ireland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Canada and British Virginia.
Switzerland which was given go-ahead for three proposals by the RBI was not responsible for bringing any FDI as the approvals were for technical input.
Bureau Report