India Inc gets about Rs 67,000 cr worth of fresh orders in the Sept quarter, a rise of 45% sequentially

If order inflows are a harbinger of an improvement in the investment cycle, India Inc has reason to feel happy. In the quarter ended September this year, companies received about Rs 67,000 crore worth of fresh orders, up 45 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis and the highest in the past four quarters (see chart).

The momentum has continued into the quarter ending December, too, with companies reporting fresh orders of about Rs 20,000 crore so far this quarter. In the December quarter of FY13, companies had received Rs 41,654 crore worth of new orders.

Capital goods companies accounted for about 85 per cent of the overall order inflow in October, followed by construction & infrastructure firms (12 per cent). The rest is accounted for by information technology services companies and offshore service providers, data compiled by Business Standard Research Bureau show.

The order inflow in the July-September quarter was, however, lower compared to the year-ago period, though the pace of decline moderated sharply compared to fall in the previous quarter, hinting at a recovery in the coming quarters. During the second quarter, the inflow of fresh orders declined 2.6 per cent on a year-on-year basis, against the 27 per cent annual decline in the June quarter.

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