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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
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 gross fixed capital formation must accelerate in machinery, equipment, intellectual property products to create quality jobs
Business honchos say focus should also be on infrastructure and health care
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
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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 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
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The Indian economy continues to sustain the momentum achieved in the first half of 2023-24 and expectations of a fresh round of capex by the corporate sector is likely to fuel the next leg of growth, the Reserve Bank Bulletin said on Tuesday. "The likelihood of the global economy exhibiting stronger than expected growth in 2024 has brightened in recent months, with risks broadly balanced," said an article on 'State of the Economy' published in the bulletin. It further said the Indian economy continues to sustain the momentum achieved in the first half of 2023-24, going by high frequency indicators. "Expectations of a fresh round of capex by the corporate sector is likely to fuel the next leg of growth," said the article authored by a team led by RBI Deputy Governor Michael Debabrata Patra. The central bank has projected the GDP growth for 2024-25 at 7 per cent. On inflation, it said consumer price inflation came off its November-December spikes in its January 2024 reading, while c
Tata Power's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Praveer Sinha on Wednesday said the private capital expenditure has been "very good". Sinha, who is also the chairman of industry lobby CII's Western Region, said that he expects the upcoming Union Budget to continue with the existing policy framework. "I think the private investment has been very good," Sinha told PTI. He was responding to a query about concerns over sluggish private capital investments. According to him, the private sector is investing in new opportunities and technologies like artificial intelligence, sustainability, renewable energy and semiconductor technologies. India will play an important role in the global arena going ahead, Sinha said, affirming the private sector's commitment to contribute its best in the journey. Analysts are concerned about the lack of interest in the private sector to invest, which can be a major growth driver for the economy, despite the very high capacity utilisation.
According to government data, private companies account for 95.6 per cent of the total active companies as of November 2023
Momentum may not sustain into next year; policymakers should stay vigilant and build buffers
At present, we don't have reason to believe in a slowdown, but we do anticipate saturation in one segment or another after certain investments, says Sanjeev Sharma, Country Head & MD, ABB India
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Higher government spending on infrastructure in FY24 will propel engineering, procurement, and construction companies to hit revenue growth of 17-20 per cent, taking their profit to the pre-Covid level, a report said on Tuesday. In the Budget 2023-24, the government has increased the outlay for capital expenditure (capex) on infrastructure sector by 33 per cent from Rs 7.5 lakh crore to Rs 10 lakh crore. Forecasting higher revenue and thicker bottom-line, rating agency Crisil in a report also placed their credit outlook positive citing improving debt metrics. The optimism is supported by the expected strong order inflows due to the government thrust on infrastructure in the latest budget. Profitability of large EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) companies is seen improving and reaching pre-pandemic levels of 10-10.5 per cent next fiscal compared to 9-9.5 per cent this fiscal, with commodity prices easing. With healthy order books and recovery in profitability, debt .
Companies in metals, mining, energy transition, airports and data centres have driven orders from the private sector in recent quarters, says CFO R Shankar Raman
Key monitorables include tender pipeline and emerging supply-chain scenario, say analysts and players
Higher global borrowing costs are expected to affect growth prospects
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