Raises FY25 capital expenditure by 72% compared to FY24
An investment share above 30 per cent is considered important for driving economic growth
The government will be able to register the fiscal deficit at 4.75 per cent in FY25, 0.19 per cent lower than the budget aim, by reigning in expenditure, domestic rating agency India Ratings and Research said on Wednesday. The revenue expenditure, excluding subsidies, will be 0.12 per cent of GDP, lower than the budget estimate, the rating agency added. Its chief economist and head of public finance Devendra Kumar Pant said the government capital expenditure will come out to be Rs 62,000 crore lower than the estimate of Rs 11.11 lakh crore. Pant was quick to add that the government capex will still be 10.6 per cent higher than the year-ago period. The government was initially envisaging a 17.6 per cent growth in the key number. Even as there is a dip in the government capital expenditure projected, the capex to GDP in FY25 at 3.21 per cent is estimated to be at a two-decade high, the agency said. "The FY25 capex growth has been impacted by the general elections in May 2024, and ca
In FY24, erstwhile Adani Transmission changed its name to Adani Energy Solutions (AESL) to reflect its focus on selling cooling solutions
Analysts say the weaker spending is one of the reasons for a recent slowdown in India's high frequency economic indicators
Capital expenditures across 18 states declined by 6% year-on-year between April and August in FY25, totalling Rs 1.67 trillion, down from Rs 1.78 trillion during the same period the previous year
He exuded confidence that the BJP will sweep the forthcoming seven Assembly bypolls in the state, overcoming the setback it suffered in the LS elections, where it could win only 14 of the 25 seats
The growth slowed to a five-quarter low of 6.7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in the April-June quarter
India under the present government added 3,000 kms of Dedicated Freight Corridor, substantial patch doubling, quadrupling and track renewals
The Union Budget is set to project higher capex, surpassing the Rs 11.1 trillion outlined in the Interim Budget, reflecting India's improved fiscal discipline and global investment prospects
The investment across portfolio companies that range from ports to energy, airports, commodities, cement and media will be 70 per cent met through internal cash generation
Focus will be on the quality of work done and not just the length of highways built, say senior govt officials
The Finance Commission had allowed states to borrow up to 4-3.5 per cent of Gross State Domestic Product in FY22-23, with unused limits usable up to FY25
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Nine of the large engineering and capital goods companies combined have a capex of roughly Rs 11,500 crore or more under way
Announces demerger of energy business into a separate listed entity, incremental capex of Rs 500 crore
This must be a top priority for the next govt
Manufacturing sector accounted for nearly 60 per cent of new project value
JSPL projects a capex allocation ranging between Rs 7,500-10,000 crore annually for the next three-year period
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