New Delhi, May 10 -- India's private capital expenditure surged 67 per cent to Rs 7.7 lakh crore in September 2025 from Rs 4.6 lakh crore a year earlier, marking "the most decisive evidence yet of a powerful and broad-based revival in the country's investment cycle," CII said.

In a press release on Sunday, the industry body released a five-point action agenda to support the economy through the ongoing West Asia crisis and beyond.

CII's analysis of nearly 1,200 companies from the CMIE Prowess database shows manufacturing led the capex push, accounting for Rs 3.8 lakh crore or nearly half of total private investment, with metals, automobiles and chemicals at the forefront. Services contributed Rs 3.1 lakh crore, about 40 per cent of the t...