Capital Expenditure

The Budget estimates for this year had assumed a nominal GDP growth of 10.1 per cent

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CGA data showed the Centre's fiscal deficit rose to Rs 9.77 trillion, or 62.3 per cent of FY26 Budget estimates, in April-November as capex surged and net tax revenue slipped

UP's finance minister Suresh Khanna says disciplined spending, revenue surpluses and rising capex have helped India's most populous state maintain fiscal stability while expanding infrastructure

Sixteen of 21 states spent under half of their budgeted capex in the first eight months of FY26, while the Centre's capex stood at 55.1 per cent of BE in April-October

Tata Power on Monday said it is aiming for a capex of Rs 25,000 crore in the current fiscal year and will look to maintain the same annual spend till FY30. As per an investor presentation, 65 per cent of the capex is aimed at clean energy projects. Tata Power, which made a capital expenditure (capex) of Rs 17,273 crore in FY25, almost doubled the same to Rs 25,000 crore in FY26. The total capex estimated between FY26 and FY30 is Rs 1.25 lakh crore with Rs 25,000 crore spent annually, as per the presentation. In an interaction, Sinha said, "We are well poised to achieve our aspirations." In the power generation segment, the company had a thermal capacity of 15.7 GW in FY25, which it looks to scale up to 30 GW by FY30, he said. "From 7 GW of clean and green capacity, we aim to increase it to 20 GW almost three times by March 2031," Sinha said. The capacity of transmission lines both operational and under-construction stood at 7,047 circuit kilometres (ckm) as of FY25. The same wil

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Among the states analysed, Telangana emerged as the frontrunner with the highest utilisation at 60.8 per cent, followed by Kerala at 43.6 per cent, and Madhya Pradesh at 39.9 per cent

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Road Transport & Highways and Railways ministries lead capital expenditure in H1 FY26, with overall government capex reaching 52% of Budget estimates despite slower revenue growth

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In H1 of FY26, capex grew at a robust 40 per cent, exhausting more than half (51.8 per cent) of the Rs 11.2 trillion full year target against 37.3 per cent spending during the same period a year ago

Adani Energy Solutions (AESL) has planned up to Rs 18,000 crore capital expenditure, including Rs 6,000 crore already spent on various projects, in the current fiscal year, a senior official said during an earnings call. Replying to a question of capital expenditure on a consolidated basis, AESL CEO Kandarp Patel said, "For the full year, we will do about Rs 11,400 crore in transmission, Rs 1,600 crore in distribution and Rs 4,000 crore in smart metering. So, in smart metering, we'll add about Rs 2,000 crore. In distribution, we'll add about Rs 1,100 crore in the second quarter. And in transmission, we'll add about Rs 8,000 crore in the second quarter." He said the total capex will be of the order of Rs 17,000-18,000 crore and Rs 6,000 crore has been spent so far. Of the Rs 6,000 crore already spent, Rs 3,350 crore was on transmission, about Rs 700 crore in distribution and about Rs 2,000 crore in smart metering. Patel said the company will have a capex of about Rs 10,000 crore for

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Remember that the government had for the first time in the last five years projected a single-digit growth in capex in 2025-26 to just 6.5 per cent

States spent 27% of FY26 budgeted capex in April-August, with Telangana leading and Tripura lagging, even as rising borrowings raise fiscal concerns

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The 15th FC had recommended a sizeable Rs. 2.9 trillion as revenue deficit grants (RDG) to a select number of states for FY2022-FY2026

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