Foreign direct investment on India's automobile sector Rajalakshmi K.1, MBA, M Phil, PGDHRM., Dr. Ramachandran T.2 1Research Scholar, Department of Management Studies, SRM University, Kattankulathur, 603 203, India 2Professor & Head, Finance, SRM University, Kattankulathur, India Online published on 29 June, 2013. Abstract FDI Inflows to Automobile Industry have been at an increasing rate as India has witnessed a major economic liberalization over the years in terms of various industries. The automobile sector in India is growing by 18 percent per year. The major investing countries are Mauritius (mainly routed from developed countries), USA, Japan, UK, Germany, the Netherlands and South Korea. 24. India needs to worry on the foreign direct investment (FDI) front. Direct Investment Inflows in India-Opportunities and Benefits, Important Aspects of FDI in Automobile Industry, Recent FDI Trends in India, The major foreign players who have a significant role in the development of Indian automobile industry, were discussed and the passenger car segment growth, Production, sales and Investment were analyzed. Here the researcher using three statistical tool for analyzing the study, ARIMA, Linear & Compound Model for analysis purpose to measure future prediction using time series analysis. Hence this study necessitated the causes and impact of FDI flows in automobiles sector and also policy regulation, FDI flows in passenger car segment and recent FDI trend in this sector were discussed. Top Keywords FDI inflows, automobile sector, passenger car, growth rate and policy regulation. Top |