India has posted a 32 per cent dip in foreign direct investment at $3.39 billion in January-March 2011 period compared with $ 4.96 billion a year ago. The sectors that attracted FDI include services (financial and non-financial), telecommunications, housing and real estate, construction activities and power, the data said.
Mauritius, Singapore, the US, the UK, Netherlands, Japan, Germany and the UAE, among other countries, are the major investors in India. FDI inflows into India totalled $19.42 billion in 2010-11, down from $25.83 billion in 2009-10.
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