India achieved the highest increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2008, the government said in its Economic Survey for 2008-09, quoting a recent study.

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A recent study by the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) found that India achieved a 85.1 per cent growth in FDI flows in 2008, the highest across countries, the government said in a statement summarising the Survey.

According to the study, FDI investments in to India, went up from $25.1 billion in 2007 to $46.5 billion in 2008 even as global flows declined from $1.9 trillion to $1.7 trillion during the same period.

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