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Private capex likely to rise 21.5% to ₹2.67 trn in FY26: RBI article

Capital investment by the private sector is likely to rise 21.5 per cent to Rs 2.67 lakh crore in 2025-26 aided by robust macroeconomic fundamentals, and a 100-bps policy rate cut, according to an RBI article. Despite global uncertainties, Indian firms entered the 2025-26 fiscal year with healthier balance sheets, higher cash buffer, improved profitability, and greater access to diversified funding sources, said the article 'Private Corporate Investment: Growth in 2024-25 and Outlook for 2025-26' published in the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) August bulletin. The continued policy push for infrastructure, sustained disinflation, combined with lower interest rates, easy liquidity conditions, and rising capacity utilisation, is fostering an environment conducive to private investment, it said. Drawing on data related to the phasing of capital expenditure (capex) plans announced by private corporates, the article assesses their investment intentions and provides insights into the ...

Manufacturing dominated new projects in Q1, share at 10-quarter high

The government has been driving much of the capital expenditure (capex) in recent years through its announced investments in roads, railways, and other infrastructure projects

Private capital expenditure announcements fall 81% in Q1 FY25: CMIE

Private capex fell sharply in April-June 2025 to Rs 4.1 trillion from Rs 21.7 trillion in the previous quarter, with stalling and uncertainty affecting investment flow

Backed by private capital, India's nuclear energy set for transformation

India's nuclear journey is all set to enter its most transformative phase - that too by inviting private capital to participate in scaling up nuclear power to 100 Gw by 2047

At ₹11 trn, India Inc capex pips govt capex in FY25; will the trend last?

India Inc capex: While Reliance Industries saw a flattish capex growth in FY25, it cornered the biggest share in the capex pie in absolute terms

Investors find their way back to retail and consumer checkout aisle

Valuations normalise, dealmaking surges and investors return to India's consumer sector, with record Q1 activity driven by aspirational demand and demographic tailwinds

Private capex share in economy dipped to decadal low of 33% in FY24: Icra

Domestic rating agency ICRA on Monday said private capital expenditure's share in the overall investments in the economy dipped to a decadal low of 33 per cent in FY24. Among the private companies, it was the unlisted players which were subdued in investments as compared to the listed entities, as per a report. It can be noted that for the last few years, the government has been driving investments, leading to concerns in some quarters over the private sector's absence and its impact on the overall economic activity. The private sector has instead focused on deploying excess cash at reducing loan burdens rather than investing in new facilities, choosing to run at high capacity utilisation. "Weak domestic consumption, especially urban, muted export demand, and the influx of cheap Chinese imports in some sectors, among other factors, restricted the capacity expansion plans of Indian corporates," the agency's chief rating officer K Ravichandran said. Illustrating the importance of ..

Private capex unlikely to pick up despite high profitability: Crisil

Private sector capital expenditure is unlikely to pick up in a sustained way despite India Inc's profitability being near decadal high, domestic ratings agency Crisil said on Thursday. The profitability of India Inc is set to increase for the third year in a row in FY26 on the back of soft commodity prices, the agency said. An analysis of 800 companies excluding ones in the banking and finance and oil and gas sectors revealed that the pre-tax profit margins are set to widen to up to 20 per cent in FY26. It can be noted that the government is leading the investments in the economy for the last few years, and there have been calls for a revival in the corporate capex as well. However, rather than investing to create new capacities, India Inc has deployed money to retire debt and other measures rather than investing it even though the capacity utilisation levels are high. "Their (corporates') ability to invest is not matched by the willingness to invest at this juncture," the agency'

Fiscal, monetary measures to boost consumption, pvt investment, says FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said fiscal and monetary measures announced recently will help boost consumption and promote private investment. The Budget presented by the Finance Minister on February 1 proposed a slew of measures including significant income tax cuts for the middle class. Individuals earning up to Rs 12.75 lakh in a year will not have to pay any taxes, benefiting 1 crore taxpayers. On the monetary side, the Reserve Bank on Friday slashed the policy rate by 25 basis points, the first rate cut in five years to support growth. "After the Budget, the few inputs I've had from some business leaders is that the orders for fast-moving consumer goods for April-June are already getting booked, and the industry is clearly seeing signs of a possible recovery of consumption," she said at a media interaction after addressing the Board of the RBI in the customary post-budget meeting. As a result, she said, many of them are looking at reviewing their capacity ...

Best of BS Opinion: A lighter touch makes things easier all around

From the sight of chained and cuffed Indians to electoral campaign, to the regulatory space, our articles today argue that a light touch, firmly enforced, can go a long way

India's consumption slowdown: A temporary dip or deeper concern?

Stagnating wages, derivative losses, and rising debt burdens-India's consumption story grapples with multiple challenges

SBI has Rs 4 trn credit pipeline, pvt capex to pick up: Chairman C S Setty

SBI Chairman C S Setty has said the bank has already got Rs 4 lakh crore strong credit pipeline from India Inc and expressed hope that capital expenditure by the private sector is expected to pick up in the second half of the fiscal year. "We see a good amount of interest in private capital expenditure. The infrastructure financing, of course, is mainly coming from the roads, renewable energy, and some of the refineries," he told PTI in an interview. As far as public spending is concerned, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget proposed to raise the capital expenditure target by 11.1 per cent to record Rs 11.11 lakh crore for 2024-25. This is 3.4 per cent of the country's GDP. Setty said some of the corporates had undertaken brownfield expansion for which the capital expenditure was funded by their own cash accruals and cash balances that they had. However, he said, "We now see some of the corporates drawing the term loans for brownfield expansion too." "We have a pipel

Private capex could increase to Rs 2.45 trillion in FY25, says RBI study

According to the RBI, the infrastructure sector continued to attract the major share of envisaged capital investment, led by the 'roads & bridges' and 'power' sectors

Private capex picked up in FY24, driving growth: Economic Survey FY24

Private gross fixed capital formation must accelerate in machinery, equipment, intellectual property products to create quality jobs

India Inc wants new govt to create jobs, control inflation: BS CEO poll

Business honchos say focus should also be on infrastructure and health care

Lok Sabha election winner will first need to repair household balance sheet

A trifecta of slow wage growth, elevated interest rates, and heavy borrowing by the average household has weakened the spending impulse of more than 300 million families

What does the NSS data imply for GDP estimates?

What can we learn from the latest survey? Before we answer this question, we need to recognise the limitations of comparing NSS figures with the ones from the NIA

Lagged deposit growth to constrain credit growth for banks in FY25: Report

Lagging deposit accretion poses the risk of constraining credit growth for banks in FY25, India Ratings and Research said on Thursday. Maintaining its "neutral" outlook on the banking sector for FY25, the agency said the deposit growth is likely to moderate to 12-13 per cent in FY25 from the 13.8 per cent estimated for ongoing fiscal year. The loan-to-deposit ratio for the sector is at a five-year high of 81 per cent, which makes deposit growth as a crucial part in banks' credit book expansions, it said. The agency said it expects credit growth to come at 20.5 per cent in FY24, including the positive impact of the HDFC twins merger, and added that the same number will come at over 15 per cent in FY25. The loan book mix for banks is likely to change in FY25 due to the dip in shares of exposures to the retail and non-bank lenders segments, the agency said, adding that a revival in private capex will help increase the share of corporate lending in the overall pie. "The improving retu

Private capex in India poised for take off: Mahindra Group CEO Shah

Private capex in India is poised to take off with the country's "amazingly strong" growth so far, led by government spending, set to attract investments, Mahindra Group CEO and Managing Director Anish Shah said on Monday. The current lower demand from rural markets is not a cause for worry as it is a part of India's growth story, although the country has witnessed a K-shaped recovery after the pandemic, said Shah while speaking at the News9 Global Summit. In the last few years, it has essentially been the government that's really driving the economic growth till this point of time, said Shah, who is also the President of industry body Ficci. On the reasons for lack of private investment, he said, "There are multiple factors. We have gone through a time when there are huge amounts of uncertainties around the world. Suddenly, when you feel things are back and stable again, something else happens. So, that has resulted in companies pulling back to some extent." However, he said, "If y

TMS Ep636: Private capex, Softbank AI, Novelis IPO, Mumbai Metaverse

Can private capex offset govt spend curbs in FY25? Can AI help Softbank turn around in India? What does Novelis IPO mean for Hindalco investors? What is Mumbai Megapolis Metaverse? Answers here