CII scales down India’s BCI by 3.7 points to 51.3 for July-Sep quarter

13 Aug 2012 Evaluate

Amid wilting consumer demands and higher interest rates, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has scaled down Business Confidence Index of India for July-September 2012 by 3.7 points to 51.3, from 55.0 in April-June 2012. Stagnancy in policy reforms and rising input costs had pulled down investments in India.

Majority of the firms had recorded an increase in raw material costs, electricity, fuel and wage cost during April-June, 2012 compared to the previous quarter. In the survey, out of the 160 firms participated around 86% pointed a decline in availability of credit in April-June period mainly due to high interest rates. Further, similar trend was projected for the second quarter of this fiscal, with 84% expecting credit availability to remain sluggish.

Moreover, about 43% expects decline in foreign investments in July-September quarter, while 89% of the firms pointed on infrastructural bottlenecks and lack of policy reforms as a major block in domestic investments. Nearly 45% participants foresee the country's GDP growth for 2012-13 to lay between 6.0-6.5%.

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