Centre to make highest-ever effective capital expenditure in fiscal year 2024-25, know what it is
5 days, 14 hours ago

Centre to make highest-ever effective capital expenditure in fiscal year 2024-25, know what it is

India TV News  

The Central government is set to make the highest-ever effective capital expenditure in the fiscal year 2024-25, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during the proceedings in Lok Sabha. Sitharaman on Tuesday stated that the effective capital expenditure of the Union govt for this fiscal year is pegged at a staggering Rs 15.02 lakh crore, among the highest such spending by the central government. She said, "Effective Capital Expenditure, inclusive of our capital assistance to the states interest-free.it is pegged at the Rs 15.02 lakh crores, one of the highest in the Government of India's history." She said this while replying to the debate in Lok Sabha on the supplementary demands for grants for 2024-25, Sitharaman noted that capital expenditure is critical for sustaining economic growth and that it plays a key role in creating multiplier effects throughout the economy.

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Industry needs to up R&D spend, expect govt capex growth to sustain: Ficci
1 week, 2 days ago

Industry needs to up R&D spend, expect govt capex growth to sustain: Ficci

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Businesses need to step up their research and development spending, and the industry expects the government to sustain the growth in budget allocation for capital expenditure as these two would help the Indian industry to become more competitive in global markets, Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and vice-chairman and managing …

Capex support will continue for infrastructure development: Minister Chaudhary
1 week, 3 days ago

Capex support will continue for infrastructure development: Minister Chaudhary

Live Mint  

India's capital expenditure on infrastructure projects such as roads, railways, ports, airports, and telecommunications has been rising steadily over the years, and the government stands ready to make adequate funds available in next year's budget as well to maintain the sector's growth momentum, minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Friday. India aims to become a developed nation …

‘Centre, state CPSE capex could decline in FY25’
1 week, 6 days ago

‘Centre, state CPSE capex could decline in FY25’

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Capital expenditure by central infrastructure ministries, central public sector enterprises and state governments is expected to slow in FY25 after rising to a five-year high of 5.87% of GDP in FY24 due to reduced spending in the first two quarters, two people familiar with the matter said. "The Centre will continue its capital expenditure push in the upcoming …

Centre eyes 95% of undershot capex target for FY25: Ajay Seth
1 month ago

Centre eyes 95% of undershot capex target for FY25: Ajay Seth

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government’s capital expenditure for FY2025 is projected to align closely with last year’s spending, at around 95% of the allocated target, though the target itself may be undershot, Ajay Seth, secretary of the department of economic affairs said on Wednesday. Last year, we spent 95% of the allotted capex, and this year it is likely to be …

Government may ease quarterly capex limits to achieve record ₹11.11 trillion spending goal for FY25: Report
1 month, 1 week ago

Government may ease quarterly capex limits to achieve record ₹11.11 trillion spending goal for FY25: Report

Live Mint  

India is considering the relaxation of quarterly spending limits to ensure it does not fall short of its capital expenditure target for the financial year 2024/2025, according to a government source. Capital expenditure, or spending on building physical infrastructure, was at 4.15 trillion rupees during April-September, or 37% of the annual target, against 4.9 trillion rupees a year earlier. The …

Private capex to pick up, ₹4 lakh crore credit demand pipeline from India Inc: SBI Chairman
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Private capex to pick up, ₹4 lakh crore credit demand pipeline from India Inc: SBI Chairman

The Hindu  

Setty has said the bank has already got ₹4 lakh crore strong credit pipeline from India Inc and expressed hope that capital expenditure by the private sector is expected to pick up in the second half of the fiscal year. As far as public spending is concerned, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget proposed to raise the capital expenditure …

FM Nirmala Sitharaman on Budget 2024: Union Budget strikes a fine balance between growth, employment, capital investment, and fiscal consolidation
4 months, 3 weeks ago

FM Nirmala Sitharaman on Budget 2024: Union Budget strikes a fine balance between growth, employment, capital investment, and fiscal consolidation

The Hindu  

Replying to the debate on the Union Budget in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday where more than 80 elders participated, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the transfer of resources to the States is going unhindered and the inferences that she mentioned just two States in the budget was a propaganda created by the INDIA bloc to mislead the people. Countering …

What’s the Budget push for infrastructure?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s the Budget push for infrastructure?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In her Budget proposals for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has set aside ₹11 lakh crore for capital expenditure, comprising 3.4% of the GDP. With the aim to push States to spend on infrastructure, she said ₹1.5 lakh crore was being made available to them in the form of long-term interest free loans. Under the Sagarmala …

Budget 2024-25 CAPEX: ₹11 lakh crore allocated towards capital expenditure, 3.4% of GDP by FM Nirmala Sitharaman
5 months ago

Budget 2024-25 CAPEX: ₹11 lakh crore allocated towards capital expenditure, 3.4% of GDP by FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

In her seventh budget presentation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced allocating Rs 11 lakh, 11 thousand and 111 crore towards capital expenditure. She further urged, “We will encourage states to provide support of similar scale for infrastructure development based on their priorities.” The finance minister stated that private investment in infrastructure will be promoted through Viability Gap Funding and a …

Punjab government misses 2023-24 capex target by 53%
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Punjab government misses 2023-24 capex target by 53%

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab government missed its capital expenditure target by 53% during the financial year 2023-24. Against a capital expenditure of ₹ 10,354 crore proposed in budget estimates, the state government spent only ₹ 4,862 crore during the financial year, leaving a gap of ₹ 5,492 crore, according to the latest data on key economic indicators Against a capital expenditure of …

In A First, Road Ministry's Capex in 2023-24 Crosses Rs 3 Lakh Crore With Highest-Ever Private Investment
8 months, 1 week ago

In A First, Road Ministry's Capex in 2023-24 Crosses Rs 3 Lakh Crore With Highest-Ever Private Investment

News 18  

In what may be termed a first in the road ministry’s history, the actual capital expenditure, including that from private investment, in the financial year 2023-24 crossed Rs 3 lakh crore, data accessed by News18 shows. The numbers suggest that in the last financial year, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways was allocated Rs 2.64 lakh crore, the highest-ever, …

The budget does well on both the big Cs: Capex and consolidation
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The budget does well on both the big Cs: Capex and consolidation

Live Mint  

Emphasis on the two big Cs—Capex and Consolidation—was the hallmark of India’s interim budget for 2024-25. The government’s concerted focus on capex-led growth has kept the economy in good stead, aiding its emergence as the fastest-growing major economy in the world for three consecutive years by logging 7%-plus real gross domestic product growth. The budget ticked all the boxes on …

A case of capex under the ‘macroscope’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

A case of capex under the ‘macroscope’

The Hindu  

India’s economic recovery in the early post COVID-19 pandemic phase was distinctly underscored by a strong performance in exports and domestic investments. The FY25 Interim Budget carries forward the ethos of public capex a notch higher, thereby bolstering the government’s commitment to high quality spending. The budgeted capex by the central government, an important metric for capacity creation in the …

Interim budget 2024-25: Capex raised to 3.4% of GDP despite fiscal consolidation
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Interim budget 2024-25: Capex raised to 3.4% of GDP despite fiscal consolidation

Hindustan Times  

The central government’s capital spending in 2024-25, according to the interim budget will be ₹11,11,111 crore, a number which is more like an auspicious figure than a hard-headed budgetary allocation. Read here: Interim budget 2024-25: Govt stays the course on fiscal consolidation path Fiscal numbers of the second Narendra Modi government speak for themselves. The share of capital spending in …

Key takeaways from interim Budget 2024-25 in charts
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Key takeaways from interim Budget 2024-25 in charts

The Hindu  

The Finance Minister presented her sixth budget today. Budget 2024 live updates Besides this, here are the charts that show key numbers from the interim Budget 2024: Budget at a glance The Finance Minister said that the Revised Estimate of the total receipts other than borrowings is Rs 27.56 lakh crore. Capital Expenditure Capital expenditure outlay was raised to ₹11.1 …

Budget 2024: More Power to Infrastructure as Capex Outlay Increased to Rs 11.11 Lakh Crore
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: More Power to Infrastructure as Capex Outlay Increased to Rs 11.11 Lakh Crore

News 18  

Ensuring more power to infrastructure development for economic growth and employment creation, a large sum of Rs 11,11,111 crore has been set aside as the capital expenditure outlay in the interim budget 2024. “Building on the massive tripling of the capital expenditure outlay in the last four years, resulting in a huge multiplier impact on economic growth and employment creation, …

Budget 2024: Government likely to maintain momentum on increasing capital expenditure
11 months ago

Budget 2024: Government likely to maintain momentum on increasing capital expenditure

India TV News  

The government is expected to maintain its focus on increasing capital expenditure in the upcoming budget, particularly in the infrastructure sector, to stimulate economic growth amid subdued private investment. Since the post-COVID period, the budget has consistently emphasised capital expenditure, leading to over 7 per cent growth in the last three years, making India the fastest-growing large economy globally. In …

UP surpasses capex target, set to get 2nd tranche of central loan
1 year, 2 months ago

UP surpasses capex target, set to get 2nd tranche of central loan

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh government has spent 51% of the capital expenditure target against the required 45% to get the second instalment of an interest-free loan for 50 years from the Centre under its special assistance scheme for the states. The government proposes to spend all the funds earmarked for capital expenditure by the end of 2023-2024, and this is bound …

Focusing on roadmap to make India a $5 trillion economy: Govt
1 year, 4 months ago

Focusing on roadmap to make India a $5 trillion economy: Govt

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government’s roadmap to makinge India a $5 trillion economy comprises measures like focussing on inclusive growth, promoting digital economy, fintech, technology-enabled development, energy transition and climate action, and relying on a virtuous cycle of investment and growth, minister of state for fnance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Tuesday. Responding to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha, Chaudhary …

Budget's Focus On Capex To Crowd-In Private Investment, Push Growth To 7 Per Cent: RBI Bulletin
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget's Focus On Capex To Crowd-In Private Investment, Push Growth To 7 Per Cent: RBI Bulletin

ABP News  

The Union Budget's focus on capital expenditure is expected to crowd-in private investment and push the GDP growth rate close to 7 per cent in the next financial year beginning April 1, said a Reserve Bank article on 'State of the Economy'. "In our view, the instrument of decoupling will be the Union Budget by raising India's growth prospects over …

Tax-Capex double engine in Union Budget 2023-24
1 year, 10 months ago

Tax-Capex double engine in Union Budget 2023-24

Hindustan Times  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented a Budget that continued her government’s emphasis on capital investment, with a record ₹10 lakh crore spend planned in 2023-24, sought to encourage taxpayers to spend more with tax cuts, and announced a ₹35,000 crore expenditure on energy transition even as she managed to reduce the fiscal deficit to 5.9% from 6.4% this …

Great Budget for CapEx and Railways, Not Bad for Direct Taxes - News18
1 year, 10 months ago

Great Budget for CapEx and Railways, Not Bad for Direct Taxes - News18

News 18  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began her speech by calling Budget 2023 the first one in Amrit Kaal. Unfortunately, there were few takers for the new scheme because one could pay fewer taxes by using the various exemptions in the old scheme. There will be less complicated tax calculations involved in using the exemptions and actually lower tax liabilities just by …

Budget 2023: Key takeaways from Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023: Key takeaways from Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements

Hindustan Times  

The Narendra Modi government at the Centre will focus on economic growth and job creation and cut down the fiscal deficit, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, presenting its last full budget in Parliament before the 2024 election. She also said the enhanced capex of ₹10 lakh crore for infrastructure development is at 3.3 per cent of the …

Budget: Capital outlay for railways pegged at Rs 2.40 lakh cr, highest ever
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget: Capital outlay for railways pegged at Rs 2.40 lakh cr, highest ever

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government proposed a capital outlay of about Rs 2.40 lakh crore for railways, said Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday while presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 in Lok Sabha. Overall, the government proposed to increase capital expenditure outlay by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore in 2023-24, which would be 3.3 per cent of …

Union Budget 2023-24: Aiming For A Fine Balance
1 year, 10 months ago

Union Budget 2023-24: Aiming For A Fine Balance

News 18  

The Indian economy has been recovering well from the pandemic. With this context, restricting GFD/GDP to around 5.8 per cent should be targeted and ensure the government remains committed to the target of reaching 4.5 per cent by FY2026. We see five key reasons for a limited space for a “populist” Budget — Lower tax revenue growth, given lower GDP …

Budget 2023: Where Does Government Spend Money, Understanding Expenditure
1 year, 11 months ago

Budget 2023: Where Does Government Spend Money, Understanding Expenditure

ABP News  

In less than a month Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present Union Budget 2023. Plan capital expenditure relates to the central government’s plan and central assistance for state and union territory plans. Budget 2023: Expenditure of Government of India Aside from these the central government also allocates a large portion of the Budgetary expenditure for centrally Capital …

Only a handful of large firms ready for big spending
2 years, 2 months ago

Only a handful of large firms ready for big spending

Live Mint  

MUMBAI : Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s expectation that private sector capital spending will power India’s economic growth appears to be wishful thinking as most companies, barring a handful of large conglomerates and state-run corporations, remain wary of new investments amid rising interest rates. Bankers said that the private capex cycle is quite uneven as large spending is mainly restricted to …

Increased tax revenue mop-up keeps India on track to becoming $5 trillion economy: Finance Ministry
2 years, 8 months ago

Increased tax revenue mop-up keeps India on track to becoming $5 trillion economy: Finance Ministry

The Hindu  

The focus on capex in the recently announced Budget for the current fiscal year will boost manufacturing and tax revenue collections, thereby keeping India on track to becoming a $5 trillion economy, the finance ministry said on Thursday. Tax revenues in last fiscal year grew by a record 34% to ₹27.07 lakh crore, which the ministry said is "a remarkable …

A Nudge and A Multiplier Effect: Why FM Has Budgeted for Capital Expenditure
2 years, 10 months ago

A Nudge and A Multiplier Effect: Why FM Has Budgeted for Capital Expenditure

News 18  

The economy is recovering but it still needs the government to spend on building assets that can lay the foundation for overall growth. Hence, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her fourth Budget and in a concise speech focused on the attention where this capital expenditure should take place. This includes Rs 1 lakh crore earmarked as special borrowing by states …

Creating jobs by increasing capex
2 years, 10 months ago

Creating jobs by increasing capex

The Hindu  

If we had to look for one single metric that held the key to us achieving our immense economic potential as a nation, creation of gainful jobs, particularly for our underemployed youth and women, would perhaps be a strong candidate. Data released by the Controller General of Accounts shows that for the first nine months of the current fiscal year …

Budget 2022-23: Nirmala Sitharaman makes bold move by focusing on infra development, higher capital expenditure
2 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2022-23: Nirmala Sitharaman makes bold move by focusing on infra development, higher capital expenditure

Firstpost  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented the tenth Budget of the Narendra Modi government. The big story of Budget 2022 is laying the blueprint for Amrit Kaal vision — India@75 to India @100 — with focus on: “Complementing macroeconomic growth focus with micro economic all-inclusive welfare focus; promoting digital economy and fintech, technology enabled development, energy transition, and climate …

FM Sitharaman Pushes Large CPSEs to Meet 75% of FY21 Capex Target by Dec Against Covid Slump
4 years, 2 months ago

FM Sitharaman Pushes Large CPSEs to Meet 75% of FY21 Capex Target by Dec Against Covid Slump

News 18  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday exhorted large central public sector enterprises to achieve by December 75 per cent of their planned capital expenditure target for 2020-21, to support economic growth hit by the COVID-19 crisis. While reviewing the performance of CPSEs, Sitharaman said capex by CPSEs is a critical driver of economic growth and needs to be scaled up …

FM urges CPSEs to meet 75% of capex target by Dec-end
4 years, 2 months ago

FM urges CPSEs to meet 75% of capex target by Dec-end

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday nudged central public sector enterprises to meet three-fourth of the capital expenditure target by the third quarter of the current fiscal to help the economy recover from the covid-19 induced slowdown. While reviewing the performance of CPSEs, the finance minister also said that capital expenditure of CPSEs needs to be scaled up …

Centre Released Over Rs 3,024 Crore under Nirbhaya Fund to States and UTs, Says Govt
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre Released Over Rs 3,024 Crore under Nirbhaya Fund to States and UTs, Says Govt

News 18  

New Delhi: The Centre has released an amount of over Rs 3,024 crore under the Nirbhaya fund out of which states have utilised around Rs 1,919 crore, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Friday. Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani gave out state-wise data of release and utilization of …

FM Sitharaman Pushes Large CPSEs to Meet Half of FY21 Capex Target by September amid Covid-19 Crisis
4 years, 4 months ago

FM Sitharaman Pushes Large CPSEs to Meet Half of FY21 Capex Target by September amid Covid-19 Crisis

News 18  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday exhorted large central public sector enterprises to achieve by next month 50 per cent of their planned capital expenditure target for FY21 to support economic growth in the backdrop of challenges posed by COVID-19. She asked the secretaries to closely monitor the performance of CPSEs in order to ensure capital expenditure to the tune …

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