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WB Budget's focus on revenue over capex signals poll-year populism: Experts

The West Bengal government's budgetary proposals for a sharp increment in revenue expenditure coupled with a marginal rise in capital outlay for the 2025-26 fiscal look like one that has its eyes clearly set on the state elections due next year, experts said. The budget, tabled before the West Bengal assembly on Wednesday, proposed significant cash dole-outs under the revenue expenditure head, pegged at over Rs 30,000 crore higher in 2025-26 than the revised estimates of the current fiscal of 2024-25, but tendered an increase of less than Rs 12,000 crore under capital outlay for the same period. Revenue expenditures of an organisation are short-term expenses used to service its ongoing operational costs, including salaries of employees, overhead costs and financing welfare schemes, while capital expenditures (capex) are funds used for one-time creation of fixed assets that are expected to generate revenue over a longer period. Figures from the state budget revealed that the Bengal .

Maintaining capex at over 3% is a good benchmark: DEA Secy Ajay Seth

Seth explains the rationale and the Budget fine print

Budget 2025: Centre sets capex goal for FY26 at Rs 11.21 trillion

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

Infra stocks fall on 'modest' capital spending hike in Budget 2025

(Reuters) -Indian infrastructure stocks declined in a special trading session on Saturday, with sector bellwether Larsen & Toubro leading losses as investors were disappointed by the 'modest' hike in capital spending announced in the annual budget.

Budget 2025 Highlights: Here's the latest on capex, fiscal deficit and debt

India's Union Budget for FY26 has set total government expenditure at ₹50.65 trillion, marking an increase from ₹47.16 trillion in the revised estimates for 2024-25

India Inc investments set to rebound as Economic Survey signals recovery

The RBI's report on private investments highlighted that investment intentions increased to Rs 2.45 lakh crore for FY25, compared to Rs 1.6 lakh crore for FY24

Govt capex rose 8.2% from July-Nov 2024, led by defence, railways, roads

Economic Survey 2025: Government capex on key infrastructure has grown by 38.8% over the past five years

Chhattisgarh to grab bigger piece of NMDC's Rs 70,000 cr capex pie

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

JSW Energy reduces capex to Rs 10,000 crore in FY25 citing strategic shifts

JSW Energy has revised its capital expenditure (capex) target for FY'25 to Rs 10,000 crore, down from an earlier estimate of Rs 15,000 crore, citing strategic shifts toward inorganic growth through acquisitions. In the first nine months of the fiscal, the steel major had incurred capex spending of Rs 6200 crore, an official said. "For the first nine months of FY'25, we have spent about Rs 6,200 crore, and we expect to close the year with around Rs 10,000 crore in total capex," Pritesh Vinay, Director of Finance and CFO, JSW Energy, said during the company's Q3 earnings call. Initially, the company had projected a capex of Rs 15,000 crore for the year. The higher expected investment in organic projects was impacted by sectoral constraints, particularly around connectivity and related challenges, he said. "In light of this, we have adjusted our approach by focusing more on inorganic growth opportunities, which will help us continue to deliver a steady growth trajectory at a certain .

Tata Motors to continue spending Rs 2,000 cr per yr on new CVs, equipments

Tata Motors will continue to invest around Rs 2,000 crore annually on the development of new commercial vehicles and capital equipment as the company works on a gamut of technologies to drive towards sustainable mobility, according to its Executive Director Girish Wagh. The company's commercial vehicle (CV) division is working on a variety of technologies ranging from alternate fuel to zero emission battery electric, fuel cell electric and hydrogen ICE. "We are working on all the technologies, whether it is alternate fuel and even in zero emission, we are working on battery electric. We are working on fuel cell electric. We are also working on H2 ICE (hydrogen internal combustion engine)," Wagh told PTI on the sidelines of the Auto Expo, held as part of the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 here. At the expo, the company displayed a range of CVs based on various fuel technologies -- from diesel, biodiesel, CNG, LNG, ethanol, flex fuel, battery electric to H2 ICE. Asked how much ...

Budget 2025 needs to focus on capex, infra spending: RBI MPC member

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget for financial year 2025-26, needs to focus on capital expenditure and infrastructure spending to boost economic growth and make it more sustainable, RBI Monetary Policy Committee member Nagesh Kumar said on Sunday. The eminent economist noted that sustaining infrastructure expenditure and building it further would be very helpful for creating a much more robust trajectory of economic growth for India. "In the context of the slight economic slowdown that we observed in the second quarter, and overall, there is a need to boost growth and make it more robust, more sustainable. "The finance minister would do well to continue this momentum (in Budget 2025-26), which she herself started two years ago, of putting great emphasis on capex, infrastructure spending and increasing it to very healthy levels," he said in an interview to PTI Videos. The Union Budget for 2025-26, set to be presented by Sitharaman on February 1, arrives amidst globa

Centre likely to save over Rs 70,000 crore on expenditure in FY25

FinMin has parked Rs 62K cr towards "new schemes" with the DEA, most of which is expected to go unspent with only two and half months left in FY25

Centre releases Rs 1.73 trillion towards tax devolution to states

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.

Broad-based corporate capex recovery unlikely in FY26: India Ratings

Amid multiple headwinds and weak macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, a sustained easing of banking system liquidity is necessary, the agency added

Consumption jump, slower capex likely in FY25: NSO's 1st advance estimates

NSO data shows that the share of GFCF, a proxy for infrastructure investment in the economy, is expected to fall to 30.1 per cent of GDP in FY25 from 30.8 per cent in FY24 in nominal terms

Outlook 2025: Govt capex, safeguard duty key to steel sector performance

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

Capex shrinks as fiscal deficit reaches 52% of FY25 estimate: CGA data

Economists said that the Centre's capex needs to expand by 65 per cent YoY in December 2024-March 2025 or record a monthly run rate of Rs 1.5 trillion, to meet the FY2025 target of 11.1 trillion

BS CEO poll: Corporate India sees demand recovery, capex surge in 2025

Top execs plan to go on hiring spree, expect govt to offer tax incentives

Industry seeks tax relief, capex boost, reforms at FinMin's pre-budget meet

Industry representatives stressed that, given the uncertainty caused by persisting global headwinds, government's focus on public capex in physical, social, and digital infrastructure will be crucial

Oil and gas CPSEs set to exceed IEBR capex for fifth-straight year

More than 145 projects costing Rs 100 crore under implementation by govt oil and gas firms