Private Investment

CII President R Mukundan says cutting approval and project timelines can lower capital costs, while stable policies are essential to sustaining private investment and growth

Uttar Pradesh Private Business Park Development Scheme: How the model works

PM-VBRY has created 62.56 lakh first-time jobs against its 1.92 crore target, while experts flag weak demand and limited hiring incentives as key constraints

The Ministry of Railways has lined up 54 projects worth ₹1.8 trillion for private participation and added two new PPP models, including the Hybrid Annuity Model

India recorded investment announcements worth Rs 26.75 trillion between April 1 and August 5, led overwhelmingly by data centres, AI and proposed nuclear power projects

Jairam Ramesh says the 1991 reforms transformed India's economy, but reviving private investment is now the country's biggest economic policy challenge

India's fresh investment plans jumped 71% in Q1FY27, but excluding four mega nuclear projects, private investment weakened amid West Asia-related uncertainty

Contenders redraw India's economic map, yet ground-level reform struggles

Thirty-five years after the 1991 reforms, India has grown dramatically but unfinished reforms, weak public services and job creation remain major challenges T N Ninan

Private funding has risen nearly six-fold over the past few years, surging from $100.5 million in 2021-22 to $348.5 million in 2023-24, before reaching $618.5 million by March 31, 2026

Corporate order inflows hit a 13-month low in May as weak demand, geopolitical tensions and cautious private investment weigh on project awards

The concluding part of a series explores why India's medium-term real growth prospects are less robust than what the headline GDP numbers indicate

360 One Asset raises ₹2,000 crore for PIPE bets, while Wealth Company MF enters the SIF space with long-short strategies targeting flexible equity returns

The renewed push for private capital is intended to modernise infrastructure and reduce logistics costs, as well as strengthen India's competitiveness against China

Private investment has been constrained by several factors over the years

FM goes for modest fiscal consolidation, while focusing on services and state capex for growth

And bigger problems await from policy bottlenecks that the Budget has left untouched

Despite headline GDP growth, weak private capex and rising public borrowing are creating a government-led model that keeps credit scarce, raises rates, and threatens India's long-term growth momentum

ICRA sees 5% growth in rail budget

The PRAGATI platform has unlocked over ₹95 trillion worth of stalled public and private projects, boosting investor confidence and accelerating India's infrastructure push