FDI Went up by 42% Since NDA Assumed Office: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi (L) with Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the All India Women Journalists’ workshop in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

• Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said foreign direct investment (FDI) went up 42 percent since the NDA government assumed office in May 2014.
  
  
• She said that while FDI dipped 16 percent globally, India “continued to remain an attractive destination for foreign investors.”
  
  
• While addressing a women journalists workshop in Delhi, Sitharaman also informed that about Rs 36,500 crore have been saved through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme.
  
  

(With agency inputs)