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Decline Seen Across Equity, Loans and Guarantees Compared to December 2025
Anytime News Network. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released data on India’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) for January 2026, showing a decline in total financial commitment to USD 3,417.88 million, compared to USD 4,072.55 million in December 2025.
Equity investments stood at USD 1,520.27 million, down from USD 1,988.51 million in the previous month. Loan commitments also fell to USD 461.94 million from USD 565.32 million. Guarantees issued amounted to USD 1,435.66 million, slightly lower than December’s USD 1,518.72 million.
On a year-on-year basis, total OFDI was marginally lower than January 2025’s USD 3,444.68 million.
RBI clarified that the data is provisional and based on online reporting by Authorized Dealer (AD) banks as of February 9, 2026.
