Major Milestones That Shaped Indian Economy Post Independence

Foreign Direct Investment in India

The Indian subcontinent is one of the most preferred destinations for FDI. As the third-largest economy in the world in PPP terms, FDI inflow into India stood at $36.5 billion, 51.1 percent higher than 2010 figure of $24.15 billion. During 2000–10, the country attracted $178 billion as FDI.

India's recently liberalized FDI policy (2005) allows up to a 100 percent FDI stake in ventures. Industrial policy reforms have substantially reduced industrial licensing requirements, removed restrictions on expansion and facilitated easy access to foreign technology and FDI.

Indian Stock Market

The Economic Liberalization turned out to be the stepping stone for Indian capital markets. The National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange are the two major stock exchanges of the Indian capital market. Over the past 137 years, BSE has facilitated the growth of the Indian corporate sector by providing it an efficient capital-raising platform and is the 10th largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization.

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