Growth of Services Sector in India - Infographic

India is among the top 10 service exporter countries in 2020 having a 4.1% share in world commercial service exports.

Advantage India

Robust
Demand

* India is the export hub for software services. The Indian IT outsourcing service market is expected to witness 6–8% growth between 2021 and 2024.

* India‘s IT and business services market is projected to reach US$ 19.93 billion by 2025.

Competitive
Advantage

* In September 2021, India moved up two spots to 46 in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021, due to successful advancements in services that are technologically dynamic and can be traded internationally.

Policy
support

* Government is promoting necessary services and will charge zero tax for education and health services under the GST regime.

* In October 2021, the government announced a new helicopter policy to build dedicated hubs and corridors, the policy will boost helicopter services in the country.

Increasing
Investments

* The Indian services sector was the largest recipient of FDI inflows worth US$ 96.76 billion between April 2000-June 2022.

* According to the IVCA-EY monthly PE/VC roundup, October 2022 recorded investments worth US$ 3.3 billion across 75 deals, including six large deals worth US$ 2.2 billion. Exits were recorded at US$ 1.6 billion across 15 deals in October 2022.

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Last updated: May, 2023

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