India received $20.13 billion as foreign direct investment in April-February 2007-08, up 70 per cent from $11.88 billion that flowed in a year ago.
The $20.13 billion inflow 'is the highest FDI into equity in the country during any year', an official release said on Friday.
FDI inflows in February 2008 grew a whopping 712 per cent over the year-ago period to $5.67 billion, surpassing the inflows received in any single year since 1991 barring 2006-07, it said.