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UN Investment Promotion award to Invest India
Context in Current Affairs: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) recently declared “Invest India” as the winner of the United Nations Investment Promotion Award, 2020. The award recognizes outstanding achievements of investment promotion agencies spread all over the world. Around 180 such agencies were shortlisted for the award in 2020. Background The ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Invest India • Trade and Development Report • UNCTAD • United Nations Conference of Trade and Development (UNCTAD) • World Investment Report
World Investment Report released by UNCTAD
On June 16, 2020, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development released its World Investment Report, 2020. According to the report, India is the 9th largest recipient of FDI in 2019. Key Findings: India According to the report, the FDI of India has increased from 42 billion USD in 2018 to 51 million USD ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Digital Platform • FDI • FDI to India • South Asia • United Nations • United Nations Conference of Trade and Development (UNCTAD) • World Investment Report
World Investment Report 2019
The World Investment Report 2019 released by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) makes the following observations: The global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows slid for the third consecutive annual decline by 13 per cent in 2018 to USD 1.3 trillion from USD 1.5 trillion in 2017. Asia region was the world’s largest ..
Topics: Australia • Brazil • China • FDI • Foreign direct investment • Hong Kong • Indonesia • Netherlands • Singapore • South Asia • Spain • UAE • UK • UN Conference on Trade and Development • UNCTAD • World Investment Report • World Investment Report 2019
UNCTAD: India among Top FDI Destinations
According to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2017, India continues to remain as a favourite destination for FDI even though tax related concerns remain as a deterrent for the foreign investors. Salient Highlights of the Report According to the report, the favourite destinations for FDI are the US, China and India. As per the report FDI inflows ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017
Topics: Business • Economy • FDI • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) • UNCTAD • World Investment Report