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FDI in computer software, hardware jumps threefold in 2020-21

Foreign direct investment in computer software and hardware jumped over threefold to USD 26.14 billion during 2020-21 on account of significant growth in the country's technology space, according to data from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. The sector received USD 7.67 billion FDI in 2019-20 and USD 6.41 billion in 2018-19, the data showed. The computer software and hardware sector accounted for about 43 per cent in the total USD 59.63 billion foreign inflows that India attracted in 2020-21. However, FDI in the services sector and trading dipped to USD 5 billion and USD 2.6 billion during the last financial year, from USD 7.85 billion and USD 4.57 billion in 2019-20, respectively.

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