DIPP has stopped releasing FDI data for past 6 months despite RBI inputs

RBI data shows inflows have fallen for the first time since 2014

The Department of Industrial Policy and Production (DIPP) has not published foreign direct investment (FDI) figures since June last year, despite the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) providing it with regular inputs. Earlier, this data was published every quarter.

The DIPP compiles total investment inflows with the data from the RBI as well as its own databases. The last time they published this data was in August last year; that was for the April-June period.

Officials at the department refused to explain why the data had not been released, despite the RBI continuing to release its own quarterly and monthly