Capex in India: Investment mood returns to slower pace in Q3
1 week ago

Capex in India: Investment mood returns to slower pace in Q3

Live Mint  

Indian companies are entering 2025 cautiously, with a mixed appetite for committing to new investments. According to data from the project-tracking database of Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, new projects worth ₹6 trillion were announced across the country during the December quarter—a decline of nearly 22% year-on-year and 16% sequentially. While green energy projects dominated new investments in the April-September period, the December quarter saw only one renewable energy project announcement, valued at ₹36,700 crore. Falling behind Project completion rates also saw a sharp decline in the December quarter, with the value of completed projects dropping to ₹91,952 crore—a steep 52% fall from ₹1.9 trillion in the same period last year. Read this | MoSPI's first-ever private capex survey to track investments in 10-15 key sectors This marks only the second time since September 2021 that quarterly project completions have fallen below ₹1 trillion.

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India needs reliable data to track capital expenditure across the economy
4 weeks ago

India needs reliable data to track capital expenditure across the economy

Live Mint  

In 2014, Narendra Modi rode to power promising to kick-start a new investment cycle and end an era of ‘policy paralysis.’ Soon after becoming Prime Minister, he identified the revival of stalled projects as a key priority. For instance, the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey conducted by the US Census Bureau provided data on the capex of American companies for decades, …

Private Industrial Capex to Touch Rs 6.7 Lakh Cr in FY28
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Private Industrial Capex to Touch Rs 6.7 Lakh Cr in FY28

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Private industrial capex is expected to go up 52 per cent from Rs 4.4 lakh crore in FY24 to Rs 6.7 lakh crore in FY28 as India transitions to value-added manufacturing, increases capacity utilization in conventional sectors and attracts green energy investments. As India moves forward, while infrastructure capex is expected to continue to grow, private sector investments are …

Shinde government approves fresh investment projects worth ₹1.17 lakh crore
4 months ago

Shinde government approves fresh investment projects worth ₹1.17 lakh crore

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Thursday approved four large-scale high-technology projects expected to bring a total investment of ₹1,17,220 crore to the state. The cabinet sub-committee also approved an electric vehicle manufacturing project to be set up by Toyota Kirloskar Motor Company. With the new four projects worth over ₹1.17 lakh crore, the total investment projects cleared by the state …

New, emerging sectors primed for heavy lifting
5 months, 2 weeks ago

New, emerging sectors primed for heavy lifting

Live Mint  

A raft of policy initiatives mounted in recent years appear to be ever so gradually stoking private sector capital expenditure. First, growth stability, spillover from government investments in linked sectors, the Production Linked Incentive scheme and subdued commodity prices have meant the contribution of the private sector is cautiously inching up, as evident in the improving share of GFCF from …

New private investments dropped over 15% in 2023-24; States led capex growth
8 months, 3 weeks ago

New private investments dropped over 15% in 2023-24; States led capex growth

The Hindu  

Fresh investment plans by the private sector fell 15.3% in 2023-24, while foreign investors slashed new outlays by almost a third, dragging down the value of new investment announcements in the country almost 5% from the all-time high of almost ₹37 lakh crore recorded in 2022-23. Manufacturing’s share in new investments, declined from almost 54% in 2022-23 to 33.8% of …

Morgan Stanley on India's economy: Boom like 2003-2007, on cusp of this big push
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Morgan Stanley on India's economy: Boom like 2003-2007, on cusp of this big push

Hindustan Times  

India's economic growth rate resembles that of 2003-07 when growth averaged more than 8 per cent, as per Morgan Stanley's report ‘The Viewpoint: India - Why this feels like 2003-07’. Morgan Stanley said that after a decade of investment to GDP steadily declining, capex emerged as a key growth driver in India as “the capex cycle has more room to …

India’s Investment To GDP Ratio To Touch 36 Per Cent In FY27: Morgan Stanley
9 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s Investment To GDP Ratio To Touch 36 Per Cent In FY27: Morgan Stanley

ABP News  

India’s current economic growth journey resembles that of the 2003-07 period, when growth clocked an average of over 8 per cent, economists at Morgan Stanley said. Even when oil prices shot up to $145 per barrel in July 2008, the current account deficit only widened to 2.4 per cent of GDP the following quarter,” the report noted. Now that corporate …

Corporate sector capex to fuel economic growth: RBI
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Corporate sector capex to fuel economic growth: RBI

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India, in its February bulletin, on Tuesday said the fresh round of capex by corporate sector would likely fuel the next leg of economic growth. As per the apex bank, notable fixed asset growth is seen in oil, gas, and chemicals, while sectors like steel and automobiles lag in fixed asset additions despite strong …

New investments slid 46% in Q3 as manufacturing, infra outlays shrank
11 months, 3 weeks ago

New investments slid 46% in Q3 as manufacturing, infra outlays shrank

The Hindu  

Fresh investment plans almost halved between October and December 2023 from the previous quarter, with public capital expenditure projects tripping at a faster pace of almost 60%, while proposed private sector outlays fell 35%. While new road projects slumped 56%, with 194 projects worth ₹25,904 crore, fresh railway investment plans plummeted by a much sharper 92.2%, with only 28 new …

ReNew plans ₹35,000 cr capex over 18 months: CEO
1 year, 10 months ago

ReNew plans ₹35,000 cr capex over 18 months: CEO

Live Mint  

New Delhi: ReNew Energy Global Plc, one of India’s largest clean energy developers with a 13.4GW portfolio and 7.7GW commissioned capacity, plans to invest ₹35,000 crore in capital expenditure over 18 months. In an interview, founder chairman and chief executive Sumant Sinha spoke about ReNew’s capital recycling strategy, enough equity availability to build projects in its portfolio, and India’s strong …

Rise in government capital spending pushes investments up by 53%
1 year, 11 months ago

Rise in government capital spending pushes investments up by 53%

The Hindu  

A sharp 61.2% sequential rise in capital spending by the Central and State governments lifted fresh investment plans announced in the third quarter of 2022-23 to ₹7.1 lakh crore, even though private sector investments dropped 41% from ₹6.31 lakh crore in Q2 to ₹3.71 lakh crore between October and December 2022. Despite a 15.5% quarter-on-quarter decline in new investment plans …

Two-third of budgeted capex achieved by the govt: CEA
5 years ago

Two-third of budgeted capex achieved by the govt: CEA

Live Mint  

A series of measures taken by the government in the last few months to revive growth has started showing some results and the Centre will continue to support the industry and intervene as and when required, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. In a presentation, chief economic adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian listed the measures taken by the government to boost …

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