The Progress and Achievement of Top Five Services Sectors through the Foreign Direct Investments in India
K. Pagavathi1, K. Prabhakar Rajkumar2
1K. Pagavathi, Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Commerce, Periyar University, Salem (Tamil Nadu), India.
2Dr. K. Prabhakar Rajkumar, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Periyar University, Salem (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 18 September 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 05 October 2019 | Manuscript Published on 11 October 2019 | PP: 187-194 | Volume-8 Issue-2S10 September 2019 | Retrieval Number: B10320982S1019/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1032.0982S1019
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Abstract: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays a very important role in the development of the nation. It is very much vital in the case of underdeveloped and developing countries. A typical characteristic of these developing and underdeveloped economies is the fact that these economies do not have the needed level of savings and income in order to meet the required level of investment needed to sustain the growth of the economy. In such cases, foreign direct investment plays an important role in bridging the gap between the available resources or funds and the required resources or funds. It plays an important role in the long-term development of a country not only as a source of capital, but also for enhancing competitiveness of the domestic economy through transfer of technology, strengthening infrastructure, raising productivity and generating new employment opportunities. In India, FDI is considered as a developmental tool, which helps in achieving self-reliance in various sectors and in the overall development of the economy. India after liberalizing and globalizing the economy to the outside world in 1991, there was a massive increase in the flow of foreign direct investment. The present paper attempts to analyze the significance of the FDI Inflows in Indian service sector since 1991 and relating the growth of service sector FDI in the generation of employment in terms of skilled and unskilled. The services sector is not only the dominant sector in India’s GDP, but has also attracted significant foreign investment flows, contributed significantly to exports as well as provided large-scale employment. India’s services sector covers a wide variety of activities such as trade, hotel and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financing, insurance, real estate, business services, community, social and personal services, and services associated with construction.
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Indian Service Sector, Make in India, Gross Domestic Product Growth.
Scope of the Article: e-governance, e-Commerce, e-business, e-Learning