Inflow of capital from China has reduced over past 4 years, shows report

Overall, cumulative direct investment from China stood at just $2.05 billion till June 2018, according to consolidated DIPP figures

Constantly billed as the biggest source of foreign direct investment by the government, inflow of capital from India's northern neighbour China has reduced over the past four years.

According to a recently released report by the Department of Commerce, India received FDI equity inflows worth $ 494 million from China in 2014-15. It was the same year Narendra Modi led government took charge. It reduced to $ 461 million in the succeeding year. Since then, the figure has fallen to $ 277 million in 2016-17 and a lowly $ 141 million in the April-December period of 2017-18.

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