Investment Pattern of FDI in Select Manufacturing Industries in Maharashtra

Abstract

The post liberalisation period is considered as the golden era for inward FDI in country, as Government of India has introduced the series of policy reforms periodically to attract the largest share of Global FDI inflow in country. And hence the present research work has systematically covered the multiple interrelated aspects of FDI, which includes the analysis of series of reforms in the FDI policy environment in country to gauge the satisfaction level of the foreign investors about the FDI policy regime in country. Further in-spite of the common FDI policy in the nation some States and UT s have emerged as leader in FDI attractiveness and this study has attempted to identify the specific determinants causing to attractiveness of the inward FDI through the primary data collection. In spite of the above all dimensions of the research work the core focus of this study is on the identification of the pattern of inward FDI in the Manufacturing Industries of Maharashtra as the state is leader in FDI attractiveness and this study has put forth the analysis of trend and pattern of FDI to gauge the clear picture of the inward FDI in state and impact of the inward FDI on manufacturing industry of the state as well challenges faced by the investors while operating their business in State. The present research has fulfilled the below mentioned objectives and the hypotheses testing is also performed. newlineObjectives of the Study newline1. To study the policy environment of FDI in India. newline2. To analyze the trend of FDI inflow in Maharashtra. newline3. To analyze the trend of inward FDI in select manufacturing industries in Maharashtra. newline4. To investigate the impact of FDI on select manufacturing industries of Maharashtra. newline5. To measure the achievements of FDI policy with reference to the manufacturing industries in Maharashtra. newlineVI newline6. To measure the various challenges faced by the foreign investors in Maharashtra. newline7. To suggest the remedies on problems associated with inward FDI. newline8. To explore the future scope for the studies in this regard. newlineHyp