Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency and acts as the first point of reference for investors in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted Invest India for winning the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award.

"Congratulations to Invest India for winning the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award given by UNCTAD. This is a testimony to our government’s focus on making India the world’s preferred investment destination & improving ease of doing business", the Prime Minister said.


The UN Trade and Development body (UNCTAD) has declared 'Invest India' as winner of the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award, according to an official release by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

The release further added that the pandemic posed a major challenge for the Investment promotion agencies and forced them to shift focus from regular investments to crisis management and economic relief measures among other things.

"All this was being done while agencies had closed offices, moved functions online, and asked staff to work from home. In March 2020, UNCTAD constituted a team to monitor IPAs response to the pandemic," read the Ministry's press release.

Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency and acts as the first point of reference for investors in India. It is a non-profit venture set up in 2009 under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

Team Invest India took to Twitter and thanked the Prime Minister for his ‘invaluable guidance’ and ‘visionary leadership.’