June 25, 2025 1:26 pm
According to Singh, an external member on the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee, the message to borrowers, investors, and lenders from June 6’s 50-basis-point repo rate cut is that it’s a good time to make decisions and act on them
February 02, 2025 1:33 am
The pace of capital expenditure slowed down in the current year primarily due to elections and monsoon-related disruptions. There have also been concerns about capex reaching capacity utilisation constraints.
January 24, 2025 7:59 am
Overall, the Government of India needs to seize the opportunity presented by the Union Budget 2025-26 to articulate its long-term economic vision, rather than getting distracted by short-term trends.
January 09, 2025 5:45 am
The central government aims to reach a fiscal deficit below 4.5 per cent next year, in line with the fiscal consolidation path outlined in 2021.
August 24, 2024 12:04 am
“A healthy 10 per cent annualised increase in cement demand in the past three fiscals outpaced growth in capacity addition, pushing utilisation level to a decadal high of 70 per cent in fiscal 2024 and prompting manufacturers to press the capex pedal,” it said.
July 24, 2024 9:22 am
Allocations for the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways also remain unchanged from the interim budget at Rs 2.55 lakh crore and Rs 2.78 lakh crore each.
June 14, 2024 10:03 am
India’s capital expenditure as per revised estimates stood at Rs 9.49 lakh crore for 2023-24. India had raised capex by 42 per cent in FY22 and 24 per cent in FY23.
February 21, 2024 12:30 am
In the Interim Budget for 2024-25, the government announced a lower market borrowing for FY25 compared to FY24.
February 01, 2024 8:29 pm
Fiscal consolidation formed the overarching theme
November 27, 2023 12:00 am
ICRA, which estimates Q2 GDP growth at 7 per cent topping the Monetary Policy Committee's forecast of 6.5 per cent, said growth may slow down in the second half of the financial year ahead of the elections as the impact of slowing capex and tempering of demand because of monetary tightening shows through in full.


