PE investment in India plunges by 35% to $1,616 million in Apr-Jun quarter

17 Aug 2012 Evaluate

In light of deteriorating global economic environment, Private Equity (PE) investments in India have dwindled by 35% to $1,616 million across 97 deals in the second quarter of 2012 over the same period a year ago. For the second quarter of the previous year, PE firms pumped in $2,477 million by way of 126 transactions.

A host of factors like slowing growth, depreciating currency, volatility in equity markets, elevated interest rates and a sense of 'policy paralysis' have clouded the economic sentiment domestically in the recent past. However, the prominent issue, which drew foreign investors’ flak, was the introduction of GAAR in Budget 2012 to check tax evasion, which was later deferred to April, next year.

Sector-wise, IT and IT-enabled Services (ITe’S) space took the lead during the quarter as the leader in both volume and value with 38 deals worth $ 321 million in the June quarter of this year. The space was closely followed by the energy sector, which attracted $290 million worth of investments in April-June 2012, while the healthcare sector too enticed an investment worth $243 million. Additionally, investments in the education sector recorded nearly 100 per cent growth to $71 million in April-June 2012, from $37 million in the second quarter of calendar year 2011.

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