The world kept watching as Indian giants played big games abroad, RBI released shocking figures.

Amidst the ongoing economic and political crisis all over the world, Indian companies have created a unique presence in the global market. Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) made by Indian companies in other countries has directly doubled in the month of April this year as compared to the previous month i.e. March. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shared very interesting and shocking information about this on Thursday. According to the official data released by RBI, this big success has been achieved when there was geo-political tension due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia (Middle East) and a sharp decline in the Indian Rupee against the US Dollar was also seen. Despite all these adverse circumstances, this historic increase in foreign investment by Indian companies has been possible mainly due to the huge investment by IT sector giant Coforge.

Record breaking increase recorded in April compared to March

According to the report of the Central Bank (RBI), in the month of March, direct investment of Indian companies abroad was only around 1.61 billion dollars. Whereas if we talk about a year ago, in April 2025 this figure was 1.96 billion dollars. But in April 2026, Indian companies broke all the previous records of investment and it increased to more than $3.36 billion. The most interesting thing is that in April 2026, the share of the top five companies in the total foreign direct investment made through equity was about 86 percent. At the top of this list is Coforge, which made two separate big investment deals. Of these, the amount of the first deal was 1.37 billion dollars and the amount of the second deal was 994 million dollars. According to RBI data, after this mega investment by Coforge, Lupin’s investment was recorded at $229 million, Wingify Software’s investment was at $156.8 million, Nack Global’s investment was at $82.9 million and Clar Technology India’s investment was at $540 million.

Increase was also seen on the bond and guarantee front.

If we talk about total financial commitments including bonds and guarantees, then in the month of April it has seen only a marginal increase of 11 percent on monthly basis. This total financial commitment in April was $ 5.64 billion, which was recorded at $ 5.08 billion in the previous month i.e. March. However, if compared on a year-on-year basis, the total financial commitment has declined by 10.81 percent as the figure had reached a high of $6.329 billion in April 2025 last year.

There was a huge jump in equity, but there was slowdown in loan and guarantee matters.

A close analysis of these latest economic data of RBI shows that the main and biggest reason for the huge increase in total financial commitments seen in the month of April is the huge surge in equity investment. On the contrary, there has been a slight slowdown or decline in the number of loans and guarantee issuances as compared to the previous month. According to the data, bond or loan commitments decreased to only $ 517.7 million in April 2026, which was $ 770.6 million in March last month and was at the level of $ 1.121 billion in April 2025 a year ago. Similarly, the value of total guarantees issued by Indian companies for foreign investment during April was $ 1.75 billion, whereas it was $ 2.701 billion in March and around $ 3.23 billion in April 2025 last year. It is clear that Indian companies are now capturing the global market by purchasing equity directly instead of loans.