Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) Investment in India: A Trend Analysis of Monthly Flows during January 2004-August 2010

The ultimate objective of FIIs to invest in any country is return and safety of its funds. Here in this paper researchers have made an attempt to analyze the trend of FIIs Investment in India. The information regarding monthly and yearly investment by foreign Institution Investors (FII's) in India have been collected from the RBI's annual manual. The period covered under the study is from January 2004 to August 2010. The findings of the study indicate that in 2009 FIIs have invested Rs. 912,033 million. While they have withdrawn Rs. 604,266 million in 2008 this is due to the effect of global meltdown and recession in world economy. During the study we found that Market size, Political scenario, Labour cost and productivity, Uberalized Trade Policy, Infrastructure, Incentives and Operating conditions and Disinvestment policy were the causes of FIIs investment in India.