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Which of the following sectors has attracted the highest Foreign Direct Investment flows into India during the recent years?

Chemicals other than fertilizers
Services sector
Food processing
Telecommunication

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Solution:

According to the Economic Survey 2016-17, in the recent years services sector received highest amount of FDI in India followed by construction development, telecommunications, computer software and hardware and drugs and pharmaceuticals.
This table gives a picture about the GWP of different gases.
Main Greenhouse Gases

GreenhouseGas	ChemicalFormula	Pre-IndustrialConcentration	Concentration in 2005	Atmospheric Life (years)	Anthropogenic Sources	Global Warming Potential (GWP)
Carbon-dioxide	${CO}_{2}$	280 ppm	379 ppm	Variable	Fossil Fuel Combustion Land Use conversion	1
Methane	${CH}_{4}$	$700 {\ppb}$	$1774 {\ppb}$	12	Fossil Fuel Rice Paddies Landfill Waste Livestock	21
Nitrous oxide	${N}_{2} {O}$	275 ppb	$319 {\ppb}$	114	Fertilisers Combustion Industrial Processes,	310
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