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India still very high on the list but it slips from second to third

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But despite the great confidence rating the actual amount of investment still lags, likely to due to media hype and governmental red tape.

2009 est.

1 United States 2,398,000,000,000
2 France 1,202,000,000,000
3 United Kingdom 1,025,000,000,000
4 Germany 1,021,000,000,000
— Hong Kong SAR 873,800,000,000
5 Belgium 848,500,000,000
6 Netherlands 661,000,000,000
7 Spain 649,500,000,000
8 China 576,100,000,000
9 Canada 434,400,000,000
10 Switzerland 395,600,000,000
11 Italy 386,700,000,000
12 Brazil 318,500,000,000
13 Mexico 307,700,000,000
14 Sweden 298,300,000,000
15 Australia 282,300,000,000
16 Singapore 264,100,000,000
17 Russia 255,600,000,000
18 Hungary 238,500,000,000
19 Japan 205,400,000,000
20 Turkey 205,000,000,000
21 Ireland 174,200,000,000
22 Poland 167,900,000,000
23 Austria 167,500,000,000
24 India 161,300,000,000

List of countries by received FDI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Break down of India FDI
http://www.unctad.org/sections/dite_dir/docs/wir10_fs_in_en.pdf
 
India needs to take a page out of China's book and signal to the world that the government will support foreign businesses whenever possible.

Though what the article said here makes that seems like an unlikely possibility.

Privately, business executives complain that Indian officials are adept at proclaiming their commitment to free markets but delay specific measures to ease restrictions. Doing so is politically difficult in India because many politicians, labor unions and civil society groups prefer government spending and domestic protectionism over further economic liberalization.


Just too many entrenched interests with political power. This is a classical case of greed preventing people from attaining a greater goal which would turn out better for everyone.
 
And we don't know what happens inside a certain country.

Chinese are no where near perfect. But you still get a sense of them doing what is best for their country. They have a few rotten apples in a basket while we have a few good ones in a basket of rotten apples. Hope this season of digging out scams will instill a little fear in our politicians and bureaucrats.
 
Economic Survey: India's forex reserves 4th largest in the world at $297.3 bn


NEW DELHI: The Economic Survey on Friday said India has the fourth largest foreign exchange reserves, which helped the nation to tide over global financial crisis .

India's foreign exchange reserves touched $ 297.3 bn in December, 2010 from $ 279.1 bn in March. "It needs to be acknowledged that foreign exchange reserves have helped insulate India from the worst impact of the crisis," it said.

Unlike many Western nations, India was relatively less affected by the global financial meltdown in 2008-09 that had pushed many advanced economies into recession. India had the fourth largest foreign exchange reserves at $ 297.3 bn at the end of December 2010, it said.

At the same time, the foreign exchange reserves of Japan and Russia stood at $ 1.12 trillion and $ 479.4 billion, respectively. Neighbouring China's foreign exchange reserves was at $ 2.45 trillion in June, 2010.

According to the Survey, the country's reserves mainly comprise portfolio investment (FII), "which are more vulnerable to sudden stops and reversals and borrowings from abroad".

India's foreign exchange reserves have increased over the years from just $ 5.8 billion in March, 1991. "The reserves reached a peak at $ 314.6 billion at May-end, 2008 before declining to $ 252 billion at the end of March 2009.

"The decline in reserves in 2008-09 was inter alia a fallout of the global crisis and strengthening of US dollar vis-a-vis other international currencies," the Survey said.

About the idea of having a multilateral option of a pre-arranged credit line, the Survey noted such an option is necessary but is not sufficient. "... (This is because) foreign investors often view the size of foreign exchange reserves as a key input in taking investment decisions," it added

Economic Survey: India's forex reserves 4th largest in the world at $297.3 bn - The Economic Times
 
India needs to take a page out of China's book and signal to the world that the government will support foreign businesses whenever possible.

Though what the article said here makes that seems like an unlikely possibility.




Just too many entrenched interests with political power. This is a classical case of greed preventing people from attaining a greater goal which would turn out better for everyone.

being a democracy it takes longer but also earns the respect of the world . we can't build empty tall buildings and cities and force the population to move . But again thats why India has better reputation and relationships with the world -while certain countries are looked upon with suspicion and disdain.
 
You're welcome to visit and see for yourself.

Hahaha...Not enough to know if the people were displaced forcefully to raise those buildings. What I am trying to get at it you have no right to use our media to criticize us when you have none of it.
 
Hahaha...Not enough to know if the people were displaced forcefully to raise those buildings. What I am trying to get at it you have no right to use our media to criticize us when you have none of it.

We have plenty of it, just that you can't read it because it's in Chinese. Indian media has an inherent advantage in advertising itself as free because Anglo Saxon regime subjects can read English.
 
Chinese members here dont seem to understand that some southern/western Indian states already have shown the way for the rest of India develop. I simply got interested in this India versus China comparison and I am now diving deeper. If India's south and west were a separate entity, they would have done remarkably well as an entity. That entity's HDI is higher and comparable to some of the top ranking middle income HDI nations. India is being dragged down by these mega norther/eastern states and that is a huge revelation to me. Why is this? For the Chinese members, as usual, I am not impressed by buildings and garish blue neon lighting but real indicators such as HDI. It appears that China (except for Tibet) has done really well on the HDI and that is commendable.
For Chinese interested in India's regional imbalances, look at the stats of southern state Tamil Nadu or Kerala and compare with any other province in South Asia (at least that's what I did) and they come out on top. In fact these two provinces are the best in whole of South Asia of all large provinces in all south asian countries and comparable to HDIs of some of the best provinces in China. I have concluded that for India, we have to look at provinces level as governments and culture are completely different from state to state unlike in China or Pakistan.
 
Chinese members here dont seem to understand that some southern/western Indian states already have shown the way for the rest of India develop. I simply got interested in this India versus China comparison and I am now diving deeper. If India's south and west were a separate entity, they would have done remarkably well as an entity. That entity's HDI is higher and comparable to some of the top ranking middle income HDI nations. India is being dragged down by these mega norther/eastern states and that is a huge revelation to me. Why is this? For the Chinese members, as usual, I am not impressed by buildings and garish blue neon lighting but real indicators such as HDI. It appears that China (except for Tibet) has done really well on the HDI and that is commendable.
For Chinese interested in India's regional imbalances, look at the stats of southern state Tamil Nadu or Kerala and compare with any other province in South Asia (at least that's what I did) and they come out on top. In fact these two provinces are the best in whole of South Asia of all large provinces in all south asian countries and comparable to HDIs of some of the best provinces in China. I have concluded that for India, we have to look at provinces level as governments and culture are completely different from state to state unlike in China or Pakistan.

Kerala is communist run. I'm not surprised at all. HDI is important but it doesn't reflect certain things very vital to everyday life such as public transportation. Contrary to what you say, buildings are indeed very important. Tamil Nadu and Kerala are indeed doing good on HDI, but in terms of GDP (which does not actually measure how good life is, but very roughly measures economic productivity) they're not very productive, either overall or per capita. This is why both GDP and HDI are important. Angola has a higher GDP per capita than China! However, it's HDI is typical of an african country.
 
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