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Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India has increased its capex outlay to Rs 77,500 crore for five years till FY31 for capacity expansion, new models and R&D among others, its Managing Director and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said on Monday. Responding to a query from shareholders at the company's annual general meeting, he also assured that Maruti Suzuki cars starting from production year 2008 are compatible with E20 fuel. "Regarding the capex side for FY26-27, we have planned a 40 per cent jump in capex expenditure in a single year, from around Rs 10,000 crore last year to Rs 14,000 crore this year. Cumulatively, during FY26-27 to FY30-31, we have planned a capex of Rs 77,500 crore," he said in response to a shareholder query. Last year, Toshihiro Suzuki, Representative Director and President of Suzuki Motor Corporation -- the parent of Maruti Suzuki India -- had stated that the company would invest Rs 70,000 crore in the next five to six years in India to strengthen its ...
NTPC expects to build 244 gigawatts of operating capacity and envisage capital expenditure of Rs 16.86 lakh crore by 2037 as it looks to boost the entire energy value chain, the company's Chairman Gurdeep Singh said on Thursday. The next decade will be one of the most significant periods of growth in NTPC's history, Singh said, noting India's electricity requirement will continue to rise as the economy expands and living standards improve. At the same time, the composition of the power system will change rapidly, he said while addressing the shareholders at the company's 50th Annual General Meeting (AGM). "We have raised our long-term capacity ambitions and now target generating capacity of 149 GW by 2032, including 60 GW of renewable energy, with an aspiration to reach 244 GW by 2037 excluding storage," Singh said. Currently, NTPC has a capacity of around 91 GW. The company also envisages cumulative capital expenditure of around Rs 16.86 lakh crore up to FY37, across thermal, hyd