As against 2,719 new projects worth Rs 4,14,415 crore announced in Q3/FY22, the last quarter of fiscal 2022 saw announcement of 2,467 new projects worth Rs 5,46,674 crore. Fresh investment increased by 31.91 percent on a Q-o-Q basis

In all, 5,700 new projects worth Rs 5,99,650 crore were announced by the government-owned agencies. On a Y-o-Y basis, fresh investment in the central government segment increased by 22.80 percent and the same increased by a meager 6.35 percent in the state government segment

The Manufacturing sector attracted the highest amount of fresh investment in FY2022. In all, 2,759 new projects with an aggregate investment of Rs 8,08,159 crore accounted for 41.93 percent of the total fresh investment announced in FY2022. Its share in total fresh investment was just 13.31 percent in FY2020

Fiscal 2022 saw announcement of 10,445 new projects entailing a total investment of Rs 19,27,214 crore were announced. When compared with the similar figures for FY2020, this indicated an increase of 77.5 percent

Among the core sectors, Cement attracted 83 new projects worth Rs 39,478 crore, Iron & Steel saw 281 projects worth Rs 2,65,495 crore, Machinery sector got 203 projects worth Rs 1,19,670 crore and Automobiles including Ancillaries sector attracted 103 projects worth Rs 42,677 crore

The dominance of Solar based power projects continued in FY2022 too. Of the 222 new projects announced in the non-conventional power sector, 187 projects worth Rs 63,213 crore were Solar power projects

Nearly half of the total fresh investment seen in the Roadways sector was initiated by the NHAI. While NHAI announced 183 new projects involving a total investment of Rs 1,19,557 crore

The Construction sector comprising Real Estate, Commercial Complexes and Industrial Parks saw a growth of 34.56 percent in terms of fresh investment over FY2020

The Real Estate sector, which was badly hit by the nationwide lockdown and is saddled with huge unsold inventories, saw announcement of 1,540 new projects worth Rs 1,62,235 crore and registered a growth of 49.4 percent

FY2022 saw a surge in investment proposals in the Sunrise sectors like Electric Vehicles, Lithium Ion Batteries, Data Centres, Warehousing, etc

Gujarat ranked number one in terms of total fresh investment committed in FY2022. The state attracted 1,326 new projects with an aggregate investment commitment of Rs 4,47,435 crore

Among the major states, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh attracted bulk of the fresh investment planned in the Sunrise sectors

Projects Today expects the promised capex spend by the Central government on infrastructure projects listed in the NIP to gain traction in FY2023. This is required to keep intact the animal spirit displayed by the private sector in announcing new projects in FY2022

The private sector continued its investment binge in Q4/FY22. In all, the sector announced a record 4,745 new projects with a total investment commitment of Rs 13,27,564 crore were announced. Compared with FY2020 statistics this indicated a growth of 144.39 percent