India should adopt pro-investor ideas from South-east Asian countries: 2026 Economic Survey

– To live up to its foreign investment potential in a period of uncertainties, India can take lessons from emerging South-east Asian economies like Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in attracting multinational capital amid shifting supply chains and tariff risks. This was the advice in India’s 2026 Economic Survey, which compiles and analyses data from the government and other official sources, and recommends pathways for India’s economic policies. In the financial year 2025, gross foreign direct investment (FDI) into India stood at US$81 billion (S$102.4 billion), a 13 per cent increase from US$71.3 billion in financial year 2024. Dr Anantha…