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 "meta": {
  "dossier": "external-flows",
  "source": "Reserve Bank of India, Database on Indian Economy (via the Data Bank)",
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "mock": false,
  "revisionPolicy": "Weekly reserves and daily rates are final on release. Investment flows, ECBs and LRS are revised in later Bulletins; external debt is provisional for a quarter, then partially revised.",
  "base": "as published",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "unit": "inr_crore",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "product": "Foreign investment inflows, annual (DBIE report 290, INR OLD)",
  "coverage": "Foreign investment, fiscal years, every line of the older layout, in rupees",
  "note": "RBI DBIE report 290 (Handbook), ₹ crore, fiscal years plotted at April of the first year. The Handbook keeps two layouts: the older detailed one (1990-91 to 2022-23) and the current summary (2000-01 on); they are separate series.",
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   "A. Net Foreign Direct Investment",
   "A.I.a.i. Equity",
   "A.I.a.i.a. Government",
   "A.I.a.i.b. RBI",
   "A.I.a.i.c. NRI",
   "A.I.a.i.d. Acquisition of shares",
   "A.I.a.i.e. Equity capital of unincorporated bodies",
   "A.I.a.ii. Reinvested earnings",
   "A.I.b. Repatriation/Disinvestment",
   "A.I.b.i. Equity",
   "A.I.b.ii. Other capital",
   "A.II.a. Equity capital",
   "A.II.b. Reinvested Earnings",
   "A.II.c. Other Capital",
   "A.II.d. Repatriation/Disinvestment",
   "B.I.a. GDRs/ADRs",
   "B.I.b. FPIs",
   "B.I.c. Offshore funds and others",
   "B.I.d. Portfolio investment by India"
  ],
  "latestPeriod": "2019-04"
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  "1990-04-01",
  "1991-04-01",
  "1992-04-01",
  "1993-04-01",
  "1994-04-01",
  "1995-04-01",
  "1996-04-01",
  "1997-04-01",
  "1998-04-01",
  "1999-04-01",
  "2000-04-01",
  "2001-04-01",
  "2002-04-01",
  "2003-04-01",
  "2004-04-01",
  "2005-04-01",
  "2006-04-01",
  "2007-04-01",
  "2008-04-01",
  "2009-04-01",
  "2010-04-01",
  "2011-04-01",
  "2012-04-01",
  "2013-04-01",
  "2014-04-01",
  "2015-04-01",
  "2016-04-01",
  "2017-04-01",
  "2018-04-01",
  "2019-04-01"
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    1838,
    4126,
    7172,
    10015,
    13220,
    10358,
    9338,
    18406,
    29235,
    24367,
    19860,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
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    29235,
    24367,
    19860,
    27188,
    39674,
    103367,
    140180,
    161536,
    176304,
    132358,
    154961,
    146954,
    186830,
    215893,
    294258,
    283292,
    253977,
    301932,
    396955
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    12007,
    9192,
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    6794,
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    13112,
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    9639,
    4738,
    52279,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
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   "gapsNote": "Not published for these years.",
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    13026,
    16133,
    16364,
    21773,
    20014,
    10101,
    22450,
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    38874,
    29105,
    72139,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null
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   "gaps": [
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   "gapsNote": "Not published for these years.",
   "unit": "inr_crore"
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    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
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    null,
    null,
    null,
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    139381,
    85571,
    146467,
    29680,
    257853,
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    50482,
    142632,
    -1857,
    7395
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    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
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    null,
    null,
    null,
    null,
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    null,
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    326,
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    16133,
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