Private Investment

Coronavirus Lockdown: GDP data set to show economy grew at its slowest pace in 2 years in March quarter, says report

Unlike some advanced economies, India’s stimulus package has largely focussed on subsidised credit to small businesses and farmers, while direct fiscal stimulus was limited to around 1 percent of the GDP, economists said.

Govt task force calls for boosting private investment in highways; pegs road sector capex at Rs 20.33 lakh cr by 2025

The task force on NIP has stressed the need for more private investment in highways and projected the total capital expenditure in road sector at Rs 20.33 lakh crore in fiscals 2020-2025

Nirmala Sitharaman tried to please everyone and ended up satisfying none; Budget 2020 is a lost opportunity

Nirmala Sitharaman's careful grafting and granular approach gave the impression of a government still relying on cautious optimism and refusing to acknowledge the extent and nature of the slowdown that has pushed Indian economy to the brink of a stagflation

Govt to cut spending by Rs 2 tn this fiscal amid biggest tax shortfall in recent years; likely to hit growth: Report

Lack of demand and weak corporate earnings growth in the economy led to lagging tax collections this year

Q2 GDP growth at 4.5%: Govt has indeed acknowledged, responded to problems with some measures but cannot afford to take eye off ball

Private investment (reflected in gross fixed capital formation, GFCF) not only slipped in terms of percentage of GDP (to 27.8 percent in Q2 from 29.2 percent in the same period last year and from 29.7 percent in Q1) but also in terms of growth.

IIP contracts for second consecutive month: Economy goes into a tailspin; $5 tn target is distant dream unless out-of-box measures are taken now

The signs of further weakness in the Indian economy are emerging from every high-frequency data indicator.

Tracking India's economic slowdown: Path to revival will be slow, painful; govt must start work now

The most positive aspect of the economic slowdown in the country is that there is official acceptance that something is amiss

Govt unlikely to announce any economic stimulus before Monday, meetings planned to discuss package: Report

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) slashed its forecast for India’s economic growth to 6.2 percent in the financial year ending next March from a previous estimate of 6.5 percent,

Narendra Modi's $5 trillion economy dream is impossible without solving these five puzzles

The Narendra Modi government’s ambitious target of a $5 trillion economy by 2024 has triggered interesting debates.

Union Budget 2019: Private investors are doing the vanishing act; will Nirmala Sitharaman pull a trick to lure them back?

The government needs to lure private investors back into India through a combination of measures including tax sops and change in land and labor laws.