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New mission bulletins by the Indian non-public sector surged to practically a 15-year high in the first half of the continued monetary yr 2025-26, at the same time as new authorities tasks and people by overseas firms slumped throughout this era.
The worth of new mission bulletins by governments in India — each Central and State — fell to at the least a 15-year low in the first half of the present monetary yr, whereas these by overseas firms have been at a five-year low.
An evaluation by The Hindu of knowledge from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) exhibits that the non-public sector introduced tasks price ₹9.95 lakh crore in the April-September 2025 interval, up 30.4% over the first half of the earlier monetary yr.
Of this, it was the Indian non-public sector that did the heavy lifting, accounting for 94% of the worth of the brand new mission bulletins. The Indian non-public sector introduced contemporary tasks price ₹9.35 lakh crore in the first half of 2025-26, up 37.5% over the identical interval of 2024-25.
The worth of new mission bulletins by the Indian non-public sector in the first half 2025-26 was the second highest in the identical interval of the final 15 years. The highest was in the first half of 2023-24, when it touched ₹9.54 lakh crore.
However, the information additionally confirmed that India’s attractiveness as an funding vacation spot for overseas firms may be diminishing. New mission bulletins by overseas firms fell to about ₹0.6 lakh crore in the April-September 2025 interval, down practically 28% from the identical interval of final yr.
This additionally marks the third consecutive yr the place overseas bulletins have slumped in the first half of the yr, and a 5 yr low for the determine. New mission bulletins by overseas firms had risen to a peak of 1.9 lakh crore in the first six months of 2022-23 earlier than declining subsequently.
The stoop in new mission bulletins in India by overseas firms just isn’t in line with world developments. Data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) exhibits that world overseas direct funding grew by 11% in 2024 over its stage in 2023, which itself was 3% increased than in 2022.
New mission bulletins by governments — each Central and State — slumped to ₹1.51 lakh crore in the first six months of monetary yr 2025-26, down greater than 71% over their stage in the identical interval of the earlier yr. This stage of funding intention was the bottom in at the least 15 years, the interval for which there’s knowledge.
Published – October 02, 2025 02:39 pm IST