| Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on May 26, 2014. Somewhat stronger private property rights, slightly-loosened regulation and friendlier foreign investment laws have increased the flows of foreign institutional investor capital. Since 2013, direct investments by sovereign funds and public pensions into India have ramped up, according to time-series data from SWFI.
This data is adding in both sovereign wealth funds and large public pensions (mostly Canadian public investors). In 2006, just US$ 101 million was directly invested into India by public institutional investors. Most capital flowing in before the global financial crisis were private equity investors. In 2012, US$ 1.38 billion was directly invested into India by public institutional investors. By 2015, the number amounted to US$ 5.44 billion...............................................Full Article: Source
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