Q1 FDI inflows up 15%, US top source of investment

New Delhi: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India rose 15% to $18.62 billion in April-June FY26 with US becoming the top source of investment from overseas in the quarter, data released by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Wednesday showed.

FDI inflows from the US almost tripled to $5.61 billion in the quarter from $1.5 billion a year ago. Singapore and Mauritius were the next big sources of FDI.

As per the data, FDI in the first quarter of FY25 was $16.17 billion. In March quarter 2024-25, the inflows fell 24.5% on-year to $9.34 billion


Total FDI, which includes equity inflows, reinvested earnings and other capital, increased to $25.2 billion during the quarter under review as against $22.5 billion in the same period of 2024-25.

The computer software and hardware sector emerged as the top recipient of FDI equity in the quarter attracting $5.46 billion of total inflows, followed by services at $3.28 billion.

Karnataka accounted for the highest share of total FDI equity followed by Maharashtra.