Fresh investments by Indian corporations surged to close 15-year excessive within the first half of 2025-26

New undertaking bulletins by the Indian non-public sector surged to almost a 15-year excessive within the first half of the continuing monetary yr 2025-26, whilst new authorities tasks and people by overseas firms slumped throughout this era.

The worth of recent undertaking bulletins by governments in India — each Central and State — fell to not less than a 15-year low within 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) reveals that the non-public sector introduced tasks value ₹9.95 lakh crore within the April-September 2025 interval, up 30.4% over the primary 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 undertaking bulletins. The Indian non-public sector introduced contemporary tasks value ₹9.35 lakh crore within the first half of 2025-26, up 37.5% over the identical interval of 2024-25.

The worth of recent undertaking bulletins by the Indian non-public sector within the first half 2025-26 was the second highest in the identical interval of the final 15 years. The highest was within the first half of 2023-24, when it touched ₹9.54 lakh crore.

However, the info additionally confirmed that India’s attractiveness as an funding vacation spot for overseas firms is likely to be diminishing. New undertaking bulletins by overseas firms fell to about ₹0.6 lakh crore within 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 within the first half of the yr, and a 5 yr low for the determine. New undertaking bulletins by overseas firms had risen to a peak of 1.9 lakh crore within the first six months of 2022-23 earlier than declining subsequently.

The hunch in new undertaking bulletins in India by overseas firms is just not in keeping with world tendencies. Data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reveals that world overseas direct funding grew by 11% in 2024 over its degree in 2023, which itself was 3% greater than in 2022.

New undertaking bulletins by governments — each Central and State — slumped to ₹1.51 lakh crore within the first six months of economic yr 2025-26, down greater than 71% over their degree in the identical interval of the earlier yr. This degree of funding intention was the bottom in not less than 15 years, the interval for which there’s knowledge.