Investments

Tumult at Bombay House: Many ways to split Tata Sons' sprawling empire

Noel Tata proposes carving up the group's ₹1.8-trillion asset portfolio into smaller, sector-specific entities to bypass the central bank's mandatory public listing threshold

Retirement corpus: How to beat inflation, avoid running out of funds

Use time-based buckets, limit withdrawals and retain growth assets

'India can escape middle-income trap with investment in education, health'

The Indian economy can escape the 'middle-income trap' with substantial investments in education, healthcare, and infrastructure, French economist and inequality specialist Thomas Piketty said on Tuesday, stressing that involvement in global coalitions is essential to driving inclusive and sustainable growth. The middle-income trap is an economic situation when a country can no longer compete internationally in labour-intensive goods because wages are relatively too high, and also cannot compete in higher value-added activities because productivity is relatively too low. The result is slow growth, stagnant or falling wages, and a growing informal economy. The prominent economist emphasised that India's involvement in global coalitions is essential to driving inclusive and sustainable growth. "India can escape the middle-income trap, but this will require massive investment in education, health and infrastructure," Piketty told PTI in an interview. "We also need India to participate

Luminous Power plans ₹2,000 crore investment in solar manufacturing

Luminous Power Technologies plans to invest ₹2,000 crore over five years as it targets 3X growth through solar manufacturing, batteries and energy storage

GIFT IFSC-based fund commitments top $45 billion in April-June quarter

Cumulative funds raised by non-retail schemes rose to $22.93 billion, while the number of fund management entities increased to 235 at the end of the June quarter

July records $4.1 billion in PE/VC investments; exit value falls 83%

PE/VC investments rose 3 per cent YoY and 52 per cent sequentially to $4.1 billion in July, while exits fell 83 per cent YoY to $1.6 billion, IVCA-EY data shows

Behind CAS spikes: Copthall's aggressive buys, Mansi's sell orders

Sebi alleges the two entities independently placed and cancelled aggressive orders in Sensex constituents to influence closing prices and benefit their derivatives positions

Women leaders prefer PE, VC funding despite knowledge gap: Barclays study

Indian HNW women are increasingly eyeing private equity and venture capital, but limited knowledge, lack of trusted advice and time constraints remain key barriers to alternative investing

Tamil Nadu secures ₹67,542 crore investment commitments through 97 MoUs

Tamil Nadu secured fresh investment commitments of ₹67,542 crore through 97 projects, with more than one lakh jobs expected, taking the first 100-day tally above ₹1 trillion

Uttar Pradesh Data Centre Policy: Incentives, eligibility and what investors should know

Uttar Pradesh’s Data Centre Policy offers a range of incentives to attract investments and build the state into a major data centre hub.

Holding companies of most family-owned business groups already listed

As Tata Sons faces a listing question, here is a look at other holding companies and their financial might

Data centres, nuclear power drive ₹26.75 trillion investment plans: Report

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

Private sector investment moving at steady pace: Eco Affairs Secy

Private sector investment is witnessing steady and sustained growth, driven by the government's continued capital expenditure push, Economic Affairs Secretary Anuradha Thakur said on Friday. Quoting a recent analysis, she said it shows that private sector investment, which the CII 2023 survey had indicated green shoots were emerging, now exhibits that private investment is moving at a "steady and stable pace upwards". Public capex has increased more than fivefold over the last decade from Rs 2 lakh crore in 2014-15 to 10.7 lakh crore in 2025-26, she said at the National Council of Applied Economic Research's India Policy Forum 2026 event here. The government has projected public capital expenditure at Rs 12.2 lakh crore for the current fiscal in the Budget. "Various indicators have shown, including the number of projects off-take, number of projects which are stalling, which is apparently at a decade low, which is a good thing. Public investment continues to play a catalytic role b

Urban Company revives a key question: Can profit wait for growth?

Urban Company is prioritising market leadership in InstaHelp despite near-term losses, while its established India consumer-services business continues to make money

PE/VC investments decline 36% to $20.45 bn in first half of CY2026

Private equity and venture capital investments fell 36 per cent in the first half of 2026, while exits declined 29 per cent amid weaker deal activity, EY-IVCA report showed

Kerala in a tough position, but will keep promises, says CM V D Satheesan

Kerala plans to tackle its fiscal crisis through investments, blue economy, land reforms, diaspora funding and a silver economy, says CM V D Satheesan

New states challenge industrial giants, but both have work cut out

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

Tamil Nadu bags Chubb, Nordex GCC projects, first foreign university campus

Tamil Nadu signed agreements with Chubb, Nordex, UWA and MotiveLink for projects spanning GCCs, research, higher education and manufacturing, creating 2,920 jobs

We underwrite the Indian consumer, not market cycles: Temasek's Ravi Lambah

Temasek plans to invest another $9-10 billion in India, betting on consumer-led growth, AI applications, healthcare, financial services and renewable energy

NITI Aayog's investment index: What separates top states from the rest?

NITI Aayog's first Investment Friendliness Index ranks states on investment readiness and highlights why some attract more private capital while others continue to lag