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By what percentage did FDI inflows into India rise in calendar year 2025 as per the UNCTAD report?

Correct answer: (D) 73%.

FDI inflows into India rose by 73% in calendar year 2025, reaching $47 billion according to UNCTAD.

  1. (A)

    43%

  2. (B)

    53%

  3. (C)

    63%

  4. (D)

    73%

Explanation

UNCTAD's Global Investment Trends Monitor for January 2026 reports that FDI inflows into India surged by 73% to $47 billion in 2025. The rise was driven by large investments in services, including finance, IT and R&D, as well as in manufacturing. UNCTAD also links this to policies aimed at integrating India into global supply chains. Therefore, 73% is the India-specific FDI growth figure in the report, while the other percentages refer to different country groupings, economies or sectors rather than India's total FDI inflows.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 43% refers to the increase in FDI flows to developed economies, not to FDI inflows into India.
  • (B) 53% is used in the report for Italy's FDI inflows rising to $34 billion, not for India's inflows.
  • (C) 63% appears in the report as a fall in critical minerals investment below the 2024 level, not as India's FDI growth rate.

Concept

This tests FDI trends under the Indian Economy syllabus, especially how global investment reports are used to track India's external-sector position. It recurs in RAS because current economic indicators from international organisations are often asked as direct factual updates.

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