Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present the budget for 2020/21 fiscal year on February 1. She has promised a budget that will do more to boost growth.
Watch for the reward-to-risk ratio faced by private persons
Last Friday, the Union finance minister had cancelled the enhanced surcharge levied on long-term and short-term capital gain for FPIs, and for domestic portfolio investors
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar also said there was no business of the government to hold back payments to companies.
To achieve the target of $10 trillion economy size by 2032, a robust and resilient infrastructure system is required, supported by adequate private investments
According to RBI data, capacity utilization was at 73.2% in the June quarter, lower than 75.2% reported in the March quarter
Infra spending slipped from 7% of GDP during 2008-2012 to 5.8% between 2013 and 2017; could fall further if private investments aren't spurred, says rating agency's report
Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra get most investment proposals
Investment growth may have bottomed out in 2016 due to demonetisation, said the report
Sustained GDP growth of eight to nine per cent will be possible only if India's investment rate, which has dropped below 30 per cent, climbs back above 35 per cent