Foreign direct investment, FDI in India, has surged by 36 per cent to 23.68 billion US dollars during the January-October period last year. During January-October 2010, the country had attracted FDI worth 17.36 billion US Dollars.According to the Industry Ministry's latest data, the sectors that attracted maximum FDI during the nine-month period, include financial and non-financial services, telecom, housing, real estate & construction and power. Mauritius, Singapore, US, UK, Netherlands, Japan, Germany and UAE are the major sources of investment in India.