• Dr Ampu Harikrishnan
• Ms Shivani

In the present scenario of the world, the Foreign Direct Investment has become the battlefield for emerging market. The (GDP) is used as independent variables. As we know that, the (FDI) has received importance since the liberalization. Therefore, in the present research study, we have covered the time from 1991 to 2015. The objective of the present research paper is to study the impact of foreign direct investment on gross domestic product of India since liberalization. The present study is not only confined to test the impact of FDI on gross domestic product but also to analyze the trend of foreign direct investment in India since liberalization. Whenever, we talk about the growth of developing countries like India, South Africa, Brazil etc. in their cases it would be difficult to keep aside the vital role of foreign direct investment in the growth of the economy. The current study is mainly based on secondary source of information and the relevant secondary data have been taken from different publications of Government of India, Reserve Bank of India, World Investment Report published by UNCTAD, different journals, FDI fact sheets etc.

GDP, FDI, industrial policy

"EVALUATION OF FDI IN INDIA AS A GROWTH ENGINE OF GDP IN THE COUNTRY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.1569-1573, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006270.pdf

"EVALUATION OF FDI IN INDIA AS A GROWTH ENGINE OF GDP IN THE COUNTRY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp1569-1573, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006270.pdf