Stocks to Buy After Budget 2025: Budget 2025 fine print showed the Government has shifted its focus away from the 'traditional' capex drivers, such as railways, roads to 'other sectors'
Seth explains the rationale and the Budget fine print
A key driver of this effort is a demand push through cuts in personal income tax rates under the new tax regime
Net FDI inflows are plummeting due to repatriation by foreign firms, coupled with increased outbound foreign investment by Indians
The private sector has pulled back spending on new factories and other long-term assets, while government infrastructure projects, such as new roads, have also slowed
The government had set a Budget Estimate (BE) for capex at Rs 11.11 trillion for FY25, against which it is expected to miss the target by Rs 93,000 crore
Public spending on capital expenditure remains a priority due to its strong multiplier effect on economic growth, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at the post-Budget press briefing
Economic Survey 2025: Government capex on key infrastructure has grown by 38.8% over the past five years
NMDC unveiled the plan at a vendor meet in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The company aims to bolster its production capacity to 100 million tonnes per annum
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The privately held technology giant plans to spend about half of the amount abroad on AI-related infrastructure, primarily data centres and networking equipment
The petroleum sector contributed Rs 4.32 trillion to the Central exchequer by way of taxes, royalties, and dividends, among others, and Rs 3.19 trillion to the states in 2023-24
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The downside risks could materialise if energy prices rise significantly, given ongoing geopolitical risks, cautioned the rating agency
Data showed that the manufacturing sector (5.8 per cent) led the revival in industrial production, followed by electricity (4.4 per cent) and mining sector (1.9 per cent) during the month
The Centre on Friday released tax devolution of Rs 1.73 lakh crore to the state governments to accelerate capital expenditure and finance welfare activities. "A higher amount is being devolved this month to enable states to accelerate capital spending and finance their development and welfare-related expenditures," the finance ministry said in a statement. The Union government has released tax devolution of Rs 1,73,030 crore to state governments on Friday, as against the devolution of Rs 89,086 crore in December 2024, the ministry added. Currently, 41 per cent of taxes collected by the Centre is devolved in instalments among states during a fiscal year.
Amid multiple headwinds and weak macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, a sustained easing of banking system liquidity is necessary, the agency added
Not too many tears would be shed for a squeeze on capex if the hit is primarily on infusing equity into a state-owned enterprise and on new schemes that are yet to be announced
The ministry has spent Rs 1.91 trillion from the gross budgetary support, Rs 824 crore from external resources, and Rs 8,733 crore from extra-budgetary resources on infrastructure creation
The monthly average price for December 2023 was Rs 55,000 per tonne while for December 2024, it stood at Rs 46,900 per tonne