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FDI inflow into hospitals & diagnostic centres grew 4 per cent in FY25
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Gireesh Babu, New Delhi
June 23 , 2025
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The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflow into the hospital and diagnostic centres sector in the country has witnessed a growth of almost 4 per cent in the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25), as compared to a 89 per cent growth reported in FY24. The sector reported a decline of almost 70 per cent in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to the corresponding period of previous year.
Foreign equity infusion into the medical and surgical appliances sector registered a 30 per cent growth during FY25, as against the previous year. This is higher than the 21.6 per cent growth reported in FY24 in comparison to the fund infusion in FY23.
According to data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the hospital and diagnostic centres in the country have seen a foreign equity fund infusion of $1.59 billion during FY25, as compared to $1.53 billion in the previous year.
In Rupee terms, the growth was around 3.3 per cent at Rs. 13,110.58 crore during FY25 as against Rs. 12,695.77 crore registered a year ago.
Cumulative fund infusion into the sector from April 2000, is at $11.82 billion till the end of March, 2025. In Rupee terms, this is Rs. 82,348.30 crore.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, the sector reported fund inflow of $136 million as against $446.39 million a year ago, reporting around 70 per cent decline in growth.
In Rupee terms, the quarter registered almost 68 per cent decline in growth at Rs. 1,177.97 crore, as compared to Rs. 3,708.66 crore during the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
Foreign equity infusion into the medical and surgical appliances sector during FY25 stood at $627 million as compared to $483 million in the previous fiscal year. In Rupee terms, the growth was almost 32 per cent 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 per cent in foreign fund infusion at a meagre $8 million, as compared to $20 million in the corresponding period of last year.
In Rupee terms, the growth declined over 58 per cent to Rs. 70.52 crore from January to March, 2025, compared to Rs. 169.41 crore in the same quarter last year.
Cumulative foreign equity infusion into the sector from April, 2000, to March, 2025, stood at $3.91 billion, which is Rs. 27,458.82 crore in Rupee terms.
As reported earlier, the foreign equity infusion into the hospital and diagnostic centres in the country was at $1.53 billion during April, 2023 to March 2024, as compared to $809.6 million during the previous year, according to data from the ministry of commerce and industry.
The infusion into the sector registered 86.7 per cent growth during the quarter ended March, 2024, at $446.39 million as compared to $239.09 million fund inflow in the same quarter of last year.
The Medical and Surgical Appliances sector registered a growth of 21.56 per cent in FDI equity infusion during the period from April, 2023 to March, 2024, at $482.83 million as compared to $397.2 million during the previous fiscal year.
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