CRISIL Research, after a survey with 200 companies, revealed that investments by private companies is expected to decline by 35%, or Rs 72,000 crore, from planned capital expenditure this fiscal marking the lowest figure in the past four years and comes on top of a 4% decline last fiscal.
The major policy issues raised by companies for the decline are land acquisition, fuel linkages, spectrum pricing as well as delays in project clearances. This will be the lowest in the past four years and comes on top of a 4 percent decline last fiscal.
The sector wise analysis revealed that capital investment in cement sector is expected to decline by 75%, textile companies by 71%, pharmaceutical sector to decline by 51% and telecom industries by 35%.The capital expenditure in FMCGs may drop by 34%, automobiles by 26%, and oil & gas by 19%.
The expected growing sectors are infra which includes airports, ports roads etc which are set to growth 17%, IT & ITeS to climb by 25% and metals by 31% higher.
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