Services likely to lead growth in gross fixed capital formation: Care

The Reserve Bank of India and investment banks such as Goldman Sachs are betting on a revival in private investments in Asia's third-largest economy

India’s dominant services sector is not called the economic engine without reason.

The sector, which accounts for about 55.2 per cent of gross value added, is likely to lead growth in gross fixed capital formation -- a measure of investment spending -- that had remained subdued in the last couple of years, according to an analysis by Care Ratings Ltd.

The Reserve Bank of India and investment banks such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are betting on a revival in private investments in Asia’s third-largest economy to boost growth from an expected four-year low. But gross fixed capital formation has fallen to