Foreign investment in Bengal increases 25 times in 2 years, says RBI data
Kolkata, March 19 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published
the latest data on foreign direct investment in the States.
According to that data, foreign investment in Bangla has increased by
almost 25 times over the last two years.
In FY 2016-17, the foreign investment flow to Bangla was Rs 332 crore.
And for the period April-December 2018, that number had increased to
Rs 8,121 crore. Therefore, there has been a 24.46 times increase in
foreign investment inflow.
Not just that, the year-on-year increase has also been telling.
In FY 2017-18, the foreign investment flow to Bengal was Rs 1,409 crore.
Hence, the jump from FY 2016-17 to 2017-18 was by 4.24 times, and from
2017-18 to April-December 2018-19 was by 5.76 times.
And the financia...
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