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Date: 2026-04-24 Category: Tender Document State: Union Government Country: India

Overseas Direct Investment Factsheet March 2026

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MONTHLY FACT SHEET FOR MARCH 2026 OVERSEAS DIRECT INVESTMENT (ODI)1 DATA FROM APRIL 2000 TO MARCH 2026 A. CUMULATIVE ODI OUTFLOWS (FROM APRIL 2000 TO MARCH 2026) (Figures in US$ Million) Sl. No. CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF ACTUAL ODI OUTFLOWS Guarantee Equity Loans Total 1 Invoked I II III (I+II+III) Period (from April, 2,39,244 1,10,440 7,104 3,56,788 2000 to March 2026) CUMULATIVE AMOUNT OF ODI (FINANCIAL COMMITMENT) Guarantee 2 Equity Loans Total Issued IV V VI (IV+V+VI) Period (from April 2000 2,39,244 1,10,440 4,84,561 8,34,245 to March 2026) B. COMPONENT-WISE BREAK-UP OF ODI (Figures in US$ Million) Financial Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) Financial Actual year Commitment ODI (II+III+IV) Outflow (II+III+V) Equity Loans Guarantee Guarantee Issued Invoked I II III IV V VI VII 2023-24 9,422 4,846 22,065 231 36,333 14,499 2024-25 15,967 8,139 32,385 77 56,491 24,183 2025-26 (April- 18,661 8,059 30,216 26 56,936 26,746 March) Total 44,050 21,044 84,666 334 1,49,760 65,428 1 Disclaimer: The monthly factsheet published is based on ODI data available as on 1st April 2026 is provisional and subject to change on account of the continuing online reporting made by the Authorized Dealer (AD) banks. The break-up for March may not add-up to the totals given due to rounding-off of decimals. Page 1 of 10C. SUMMARY OF REPATRIATION (INFLOW) FROM JV/WOS (BASED ON APR) (Figures in US$ Million) Sl. 2025-26 Cumulative (April Item 2023-24# 2024-25** No. (April-March)# 2000- March 2026)# I II III IV V VI 1 Dividend 2,306 2,597 79 29,901 Repayment of 2 3,581 1,646 2 33,222 Loans Non-Equity Exports 3 17,074 16,924 46 1,40,248 Realized 4 Royalties 366 320 1 4,785 Technical know- 5 53 23 6 727 how fees 6 Consultancy fees 541 375 6 6,939 7 Others* 5,388 6,018 1,601 1,08,803 Total 29,309 27,903 1,741 3,24,625 Note: I. * Others include Repayment of Repatriations, Refund of share Application Money and Others fee. II. ** Details regarding repatriation from foreign entities is captured from Annual Performance Report (APR), submitted by person resident in India to designated AD bank. For entities whose accounting year ended on December 31, 2025 or by April, 2026 has time to submit APR till December 31, 2026. The data in column No. 4 may move forward based on further reporting. III. # Data downloaded on 09.04.2026 D. ODI ACTUAL OUTFLOWS (MONTH-WISE) (Figures in US$ Million) Sl. No. Month Actual ODI outflow 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 (April-March) I II III IV V 1 April 1,128 981 2,783 2 May 790 1,474 2,102 3 June 624 1,073 2,450 4 July 1,056 2,502 2,150 5 August 1,072 2,009 1,589 6 September 1,077 1,786 4,162 7 October 1,247 1,602 2,570 8 November 664 1,961 886 9 December 1,806 1,888 2,521 10 January 583 1,662 1,906 11 February 1,065 3,474 2,108 12 March 3,387 3,771 1,519 Total 14,499 24,183 26,746 Page 2 of 10E. TOP TEN ODI DESTINATION COUNTRIES (FINANCIAL YEAR WISE) (Figures in US$ Million) Cumulative ODI ODI (April 2023-March 2026) Rank Country As % of Total 2025-26 Total ODI (April 2023-24 2024-25 (April- (III+IV+V) 2023-March March) 2026) I II III IV V VI VII 1 Singapore 3,996 5,994 7,627 17,617 27% 2 Mauritius 485 2,414 2,471 5,370 8% United States of 3 2,689 3,443 4,082 10,214 16% America 4 Netherlands 1,109 1,606 1,469 4,184 6% 5 United Kingdom 1,348 1,493 1,574 4,415 7% United Arab 6 1,334 2,638 3,109 7,081 11% Emirates 7 Russia 5 1 129 135 * British Virgin 8 127 226 297 650 1% Islands 9 Switzerland 636 984 130 1,750 3% 10 Sri Lanka 203 824 216 1,243 2% Total ODI to Top 11,932 19,623 21,104 52,659 - 10 Countries 82.30% 81.14% 78.90% 80.48% 81% Total ODI (to All 14,499 24,183 26,746 65,428 - Countries) Page 3 of 10F. COUNTRY-WISE ODI OUTFLOWS FROM APRIL 2000 TO MARCH 2026 (Figures in US$ Million) Sr. No Name of the Country ODI As % of Total ODI 1 Singapore 72,694 20% 2 Mauritius 47,377 13% 3 United States of America 44,987 13% 4 Netherlands 29,190 8% 5 United kingdom 22,119 6% 6 United Arab Emirates 20,643 6% 7 Russia 12,838 4% 8 Channel island 10,579 3% 9 British virgin islands 9,552 3% 10 Switzerland 9,299 3% 11 Cyprus 7,435 2% 12 Sri Lanka 7,188 2% 13 Cayman Island 5,245 1% 14 Mozambique 4,378 1% 15 Sudan 3,141 1% 16 Germany 2,847 1% 17 Hong Kong 2,404 1% 18 IFSC Gift City 2,352 1% 19 Canada 2,206 1% 20 Australia 2,183 1% 21 Azerbaijan 1,965 1% 22 Bermuda 1,933 1% 23 Myanmar 1,850 1% 24 South Africa 1,752 * 25 Indonesia 1,619 * 26 Luxembourg 1,537 * 27 Jersey 1,236 * 28 Philippines 1,185 * 29 Ireland 1,184 * 30 Vietnam 1,157 * 31 Belgium 957 * 32 China 941 * 33 Brazil 912 * 34 Bangladesh 864 * 35 Oman 826 * 36 South Korea 821 * 37 Norway 808 * 38 Spain 789 * 39 Italy 778 * Page 4 of 10Sr. No Name of the Country ODI As % of Total ODI 40 Malaysia 756 * 41 Isle of man 738 * 42 France 733 * 43 Colombia 657 * 44 Maldives 611 * 45 Thailand 603 * 46 Panama 591 * 47 Saudi Arabia 557 * 48 Israel 543 * 49 Japan 543 * 50 Sweden 474 * 51 Egypt 433 * 52 Kazakhstan 393 * 53 Denmark 367 * 54 Kenya 365 * 55 Nepal 296 * 56 Czech republic 293 * 57 Mexico 281 * 58 Libya 274 * 59 Morocco 266 * 60 Bahrain 245 * 61 Nigeria 238 * 62 Zambia 221 * 63 Turkey 214 * 64 Jordan 214 * 65 Malta 201 * 66 Gabon 201 * 67 Ethiopia 186 * 68 Qatar 183 * 69 Liberia 181 * 70 Bahamas 181 * 71 Tanzania 177 * 72 Chile 176 * 73 Ghana 144 * 74 Finland 131 * 75 Botswana 129 * 76 Congo 129 * 77 Bhutan 123 * 78 Cuba 119 * 79 Uruguay 119 * 80 Uganda 119 * Page 5 of 10Sr. No Name of the Country ODI As % of Total ODI 81 Ivory coast 111 * 82 New Zealand 90 * 83 Iran 89 * 84 Senegal 83 * 85 Austria 81 * 86 Syrian Arab Republic 73 * 87 Poland 71 * 88 Greece 64 * 89 Bolivia 56 * 90 Romania 53 * 91 Hungary 51 * 92 Republic of Serbia 43 * 93 Kyrgyz republic 42 * 94 Cambodia 37 * 95 Guyana 35 * 96 Croatia 34 * 97 Portugal 32 * 98 Peru 32 * 99 Rwanda 32 * 100 Uzbekistan 28 * 101 Marshall Island 28 * 102 Yemen 26 * 103 Puerto Rico 24 * 104 Laos 23 * 105 Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 22 * 106 Mongolia 21 * 107 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis 21 * 108 Zimbabwe 17 * 109 Tajikistan 17 * 110 Venezuela 14 * 111 Mali 14 * 112 Algeria 14 * 113 Taiwan 13 * 114 Tunisia 12 * 115 Afghanistan 11 * 116 Costa Rica 11 * 117 Gambia 11 * 118 Kuwait 10 * 119 Seychelles 10 * 120 European Union 10 * 121 Guatemala 10 * Page 6 of 10Sr. No Name of the Country ODI As % of Total ODI 122 Liechtenstein 9 * 123 Trinidad and Tobago 9 * 124 Mauritania 7 * 125 Brunei 7 * 126 Guinea Republic 6 * 127 Gibraltar 6 * 128 Moldova 6 * 129 Togo 5 * 130 Ecuador 5 * 131 Georgia 5 * 132 Saint Lucia 5 * 133 Kirghizstan 5 * 134 Republic of Madagascar 5 * 135 Ukraine 5 * 136 Belarus 5 * 137 Namibia 5 * 138 Malawi 4 * 139 Guernsey 4 * 140 Paraguay 3 * 141 Argentina 3 * 142 Vanuatu 2 * 143 Benin 2 * 144 Niger 2 * 145 Burkina Faso 2 * 146 Bulgaria 2 * 147 Slovakia 1 * 148 Dominican Republic 1 * 149 Honduras Republic 1 * 150 Republic of Macedonia 1 * 151 Barbados 1 * 152 Latvia 1 * 153 Lithuania 1 * 154 Jamaica 1 * 155 Slovenia 1 * 156 Fiji 1 * 157 Albania 1 * 158 Sierra Leone 1 * 159 Estonia 1 * 160 Swaziland 1 * 161 Iraq 0 * 162 Djibouti Republic 0 * Page 7 of 10Sr. No Name of the Country ODI As % of Total ODI 163 Cameroon 0 * 164 Chad 0 * 165 Belize 0 * 166 Central African Republic 0 * 167 Angola 0 * 168 St. Vincent 0 * 169 Burundi 0 * 170 Comoros 0 * 171 Somalia 0 * 172 British Anguilla 0 * 173 Iceland 0 * Grand Total 3,56,788 100% Note: * Insignificant within the total considered. Page 8 of 10G. SECTORS ATTRACTING HIGHEST ODI OUTFLOWS (FINANCIAL YEARS WISE) (Figures in US$ Million) Rank Sectors Yearly Actual Outflows Cumulative Outflows 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Total As % of (April- (III+IV+V) ‘Total March) ODI (April 2023 – March 2026) I II III IV V VI VII Financial, Insurance and 1 6,441 11,797 11,384 29,622 45% Business Services 2 Manufacturing 3,066 4,566 4,698 12,330 19% Wholesale, Retail Trade, 3 1,847 3,797 2,928 8,572 13% Restaurants and Hotels 4 Agriculture and Mining 777 1,333 1,679 3,789 6% Transport, Storage and 5 992 1,180 2,578 4,750 7% Communication Services Community, Social and 6 467 781 1,697 2,945 5% Personal Services 7 Construction 687 445 569 1,701 3% Electricity, Gas and 8 197 231 1,017 1,445 2% Water 9 Miscellaneous 25 53 196 274 * Total Outflows 14,499 24,183 26,746 65,428 100% Note: * Insignificant within the total considered Page 9 of 10H. SECTORS ATTRACTING HIGHEST ODI OUTFLOWS (MONTH-WISE) (Figures in US$ Million) Rank Sector December January February March 2026 2025 2026 2026 I II III IV V VI 1 Financial, Insurance 1,123 1,104 1,164 644 and Business Services 2 Manufacturing 406 191 274 325 3 Wholesale, Retail Trade, Restaurants and 415 312 114 264 Hotels 4 Agriculture and Mining 234 54 123 57 5 Transport, Storage and Communication 139 42 71 80 Services 6 Community, Social and 128 134 230 40 Personal Services 7 Construction 21 21 55 16 8 Electricity, Gas and 26 26 22 32 Water 9 Miscellaneous 29 22 55 61 Total Outflows 2,521 1,906 2,108 1,519 **** Page 10 of 10

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