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The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflow into the hospital and diagnostic centres sector in the country has witnessed a decline of 5.7% during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, as compared to the same quarter of last year.
Foreign equity infusion into the medical and surgical appliances sector registered a decline of 82.6% during April to June, 2025, as against the corresponding period of previous fiscal.
The hospital and diagnostic centres in the country have seen a foreign equity fund infusion of $428.32 million during the three months April to June, 2025, as compared to $454.22 million during the same period of previous year, according to data from the ministry of commerce and industry.
The decline is compared to a three-fold growth reported in FDI inflow into the sector during Q1, FY25, as compared to the $154.83 million during Q1 of FY 24.
In Rupee terms, the fund infusion declined 3.04% during the three months of April to June, 2025, at Rs. 3,674.5 crore, as compared to Rs. 3,789.75 crore reported in the same quarter of previous fiscal year.
Cumulative fund infusion into the segment from the year April, 2000 to June, 2025 stood at $12.52 billion, growing from $10.72 billion till June, 2024.
The medical and surgical appliances sector registered a decline of 82.65% in FDI equity infusion during the three-month period from April, 2025 to June, 2025, at $51.6 million as compared to $326.37 million during the same quarter of previous fiscal year.
The decline during the first quarter of the fiscal is compared to a growth of 6.8 % in fund infusion during the quarter ended June, 2024 as compared to $300 million infusion reported during April to June, 2023.
In Rupee terms, the fund infusion declined around 83.5% to Rs. 441.43 crore during the quarter ended June, 2025, as compared to Rs. 2,672.1 crore reported in the same period of last fiscal year.
The cumulative FDI infusion into the sector from April, 2000 to June, 2025, according to the data from the ministry of commerce and industry, is at $3.97 billion, as compared to $3.61 billion reported from April, 2000 to March, 2024.
As reported earlier, the FDI equity inflow into the hospital and diagnostic centres sector in the country has witnessed a growth of almost 4% in the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25), as compared to an 89% growth reported in FY24.
The fund infusion was at $1.59 billion during FY25, as compared to $1.53 billion in the previous year. The sector reported a decline of almost 70% in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to the corresponding period of previous year.
Cumulative fund infusion into the sector from April 2000, was at $11.82 billion till the end of March, 2025. In Rupee terms, this was Rs. 82,348.30 crore.
Foreign equity infusion into the medical and surgical appliances sector registered a 30% growth during FY25, as against the previous year. This was higher than the 21.6% growth reported in FY24 in comparison to the fund infusion in FY23.
During FY25 the fund infusion into the sector stood at $627 million as compared to $483 million in the previous fiscal year. In Rupee terms, the growth was almost 32% to Rs. 5,253.14 crore in FY25, as against Rs. 3,978.21 crore in the previous year.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, the sector reported a decline of 60% in foreign fund infusion at a meagre $8 million, as compared to $20 million in the corresponding period of last year.
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