100% foreign investment under automatic route has been permitted for palm oil tree plantation since 24.11.2015. The Government is constantly taking various initiatives to boost investments which, inter-alia, include Make-in-India programme, measures to improve ease of doing business, facilitating Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), reforms in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy, etc.

 

Statement on Financial Year-Wise FDI equity inflows from April 2014 to March 2019

Sector Hybrid Seeds & Plantation

Sl No	Year	FDI (In USD Million)
1	2014-15	17.46
2	2015-16	20.53
3	2016-17	49.67
4	2017-18	63.42
5	2018-19	40.56
Grand Total		191.64

 

          This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.

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