DPIIT 2025 Year End Review: Record FDI, PLI Success, and Major Regulatory Decriminalization
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth | SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure | SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) | Ministry of Commerce & Industry
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Year End Review for 2025 highlights India’s progress in structural reforms, manufacturing expansion, and global integration. The focus has been on achieving the vision of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ by bolstering domestic capabilities and attracting global capital.
Global Investment and Manufacturing Growth:
FDI Milestone: India’s gross Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow reached an impressive USD 1.1 trillion since April 2000. The annual FDI inflow more than doubled from $36.05 billion in FY 2013-14 to $80.62 billion in FY 2024-25.
PLI Schemes Performance: Across the 14 key sectors covered by the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes (Rs. 1.97 lakh crore outlay), an actual investment of over Rs. 1.88 lakh crore has been realized. This has generated incremental production/sales exceeding Rs. 17 lakh crore and created over 12.3 lakh jobs (direct and indirect).
Industrial and Core Sector Growth: The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) expanded by 3.0% during April-September 2025-26, while the Index of Eight Core Industries, which comprises 40.27% of IIP’s weight, grew by 2.5% during April-October 2025-26.
Regulatory Reforms and Digital Infrastructure:
Startup Ecosystem: The Startup India initiative now recognizes 2,01,335 startups, which have created over 21 lakh jobs. Over 48% of recognized startups have at least one woman director.
Ease of Doing Business (EoDB): To simplify the regulatory environment, Central Ministries and States/UTs have undertaken the following actions:
Decriminalization: 4,458 provisions have been decriminalized. The proposed Jan Vishwas Bill, 2025 is set to decriminalize another $288$ provisions across 42 Acts.
Compliance Reduction: More than 47,000 compliances have been reduced in total.
Logistics and Infrastructure: The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) platform has been opened to the private sector via a Query-Based Analytics Mechanism. The Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) has integrated with 44 systems of 11 ministries, covering over 2,000 data fields. 27 States/UTs have also notified their respective State Logistics policies.
Innovation and IPR: Domestic patent filings by Indian innovators increased by 425% during 2014-2024. India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index improved to 38th in the GII 2025 ranking.
Policy Relevance
This review demonstrates that the government’s dual strategy of providing fiscal incentives (PLI) and accelerating structural reforms (EoDB and Logistics) is yielding quantitative results, positioning India as a resilient global investment destination. The ongoing decriminalization and compliance reduction efforts are critical to fostering a predictable legal environment necessary for attracting and sustaining the massive FDI inflows, while the growth in domestic patent filings and the startup ecosystem confirms the rise of indigenous innovation.
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