Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2015

CANADIAN FOREGIN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN INDIA

Dr. S. Saravanan

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The Foreign Direct Investment means “cross border investment made by a resident in one economy in an enterprise in another economy, with the objective of establishing a lasting interest in the investee economy. FDI is also described as “investment into the business of a country by a company in another country”. Mostly the investment is into production by either buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country”. Such investments can take place for many reasons, including to take advantage of cheaper wages, special investment privileges (e.g. tax exemptions) offered by the country. FDI equity inflows US$ 232.27 billion received from all countries, out of these the share of Canada in FDI equity inflows from April 2000 to September 2014 have increased their share of percent in India. Canada ranks 26th in investment of sectors in India the Percentage share of total FDI inflows is 0.22 percent and the total FDI Inflows from Canada are US$ 0.51 billion.

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Dr. S. Saravanan CANADIAN FOREGIN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN INDIA Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 3 March 2015


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