“I’d certainly be doing that – go back and design in some way whereby I will identify those multinational corporations, all American businesses or any other country European or a British origin who are moving out of China or who probably are even contemplating. I will make a blueprint with which I will approach them and put forward to them as to why India is a far more preferable destination,” Sitharaman told a group of Indian reporters at the conclusion of her interactions at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington.

Regarding the future course of FPI flows, Harsh Jain, co-founder and COO, Groww, said, “The momentum is expected to continue in the long term as India is a very attractive investment destination with sound fundamentals. The markets are extending gains in the hopes of better quarterly results. Brexit deal, if successful, will bring more confidence to the global investors’ sentiments and help boost investment into India.

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“It (India) is one of the fastest growing (economies) even today. It has the best skilled manpower and a government that is continuously doing what is required in the name of reforms, above all democracy and rule of law,” Sitharaman said on Wednesday.