The Centre has provided 50-year, interest-free loans to states to augment their capital expenditure requirements in the past three Budgets
Project delays must be avoided
Delphi-TVS Technologies, a joint venture between diversified conglomerate TVS Group and auto-component major BorgWarner, has lined up investments worth about Rs 450 crore over the next three years to take up capital expansion plan at its manufacturing facility here. Delphi-TVS Technologies, which commenced production of common rail system in 2009 has reached milestone production of over three million common rail systems at its manufacturing facility in Oragadam, about 45 kms from here. "We continue to expand the production capacity in common rail systems at the plant. We expect to invest about Rs 150 crore every year over the next two-three years..." Delphi Technologies President A Viswanathan told reporters. The company caters to all sections of the diesel engine market including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, tractors, construction equipment and industrial engines. With the proposed investment plans, the company would be scaling up the production to a million units from the
As of now, the states are handicapped because there is no format they can borrow from the centre to guide them on tracking their capex except the financial support
It is looking to start new business lines like collection and recover services
Analysts say slowing growth globally may limit future investments
Industry body Assocham on Monday said capital expenditure cannot be driven largely by public investment and the private sector must participate to increase investments in India's economy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month urged India Inc to increase investment in tandem with the government's decision to raise capital expenditure (capex) and take advantage of the opportunities unveiled in the Union Budget 2023-24. The chamber's newly appointed President Ajay Singh said he foresees a "significant rise in private investment" in the coming 2-3 years, driven by the Centre's capex push. "It cannot be that expenditure in the economy is largely public expenditure. The private sector has to participate and with the environment that is being created today, with the infrastructure spend that the government is doing, opportunities available to companies both in India and overseas. I think you will see an uptick in private investment in the next 2-3 years," Singh said addressing a press ..
Most top executives appear to be upbeat about sales and profit
The first of a five-part series analyses the military's capex demand versus allocation. The recent report of the parliamentary standing committee on defence provides the backdrop
The biggest improvement year-on-year (YoY) has been by Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Karnataka
If target missed, part of loans to be deducted in 2024-25
India's ranking on the UN's HDI has remained more or less unchanged, suggesting the country is doing no better or worse than others, though most are growing much slower than India, writes T N Ninan
The company has no plans to raise additional debt for capital expenditure, which it plans to cover with operating cash inflows, the executives said, according to the source
It will focus instead on completing existing ones, before committing fresh investments
Holding back on investments for even as little as three months could save the conglomerate as much as $3 bn- funds that can be deployed to pay down debt or boost the cash pile, said another person
The Budget reflects the shift globally in government capital expenditure, inflation, fiscal deficit and globalisation
The capex spending of these public sector undertakings is being reviewed by the Prime Minister's Office regularly
Appreciating Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for continuing fiscal consolidation in the Budget for 2023-24, Niti Aayog member Arvind Virmani on Tuesday said it would help in reducing the cost of capital for Indian companies. Virmani further said the large increase in capital expenditures by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore for infrastructure development will accelerate India's economic growth. "On fiscal consolidation, the Finance Minister has reiterated that she will stay on it (the path of fiscal consolidation). "... So, in a situation where there is a lot of global uncertainty, it is very very important because it will have an effect on interest rates available to Indian companies," he told PTI. Sitharaman in her fifth straight budget has raised the capital expenditure by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore for infrastructure development in 2023-24. She announced a lower fiscal deficit target of 5.9 per cent for FY24 while retaining it at 6.4 per cent for the current financial .
The Finance Ministry has budgeted Rs 5892 crore for FY24 for the region, which is 113 per cent more than the RE 2022-23
Investment in Indian Railways must be backed by reforms