INDIAN ECONOMY AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO 2012-13
Abstract
Author(s): Dr. Dewasish Mukherjee and Amit Agrawal
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is direct investment into production or business in a country by a Company in another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding Operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to portfolio investment which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as stocks and bonds. FDI or Foreign Direct Investment, is Fund flow between the countries in the form of Inflow or Outflow by which one can able to gain some benefit from their investment, whereas another can Exploit the opportunity to enhance the productivity and find out better position through Performance. The potential advantages of the FDI on the host economy are it facilitates the use And exploitation of local raw materials; it introduces modern techniques of management and Marketing, it eases the access to new technologies
