Lok Sabha Question No. 3782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: Tracking of Private Capital Expenditure in the New Annual Survey
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva, Shri Rajkumar Chahar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3782

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2024

## TRACKING OF PRIVATE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN THE NEW ANNUAL SURVEY

3782.

SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  objectives  and  expected  outcomes  of  the  new  annual survey  being  conducted  by  the  Government  to  track  private capital  expenditure  and  the  manner  in  which  this  initiative  is likely to improve the current understanding of private investment trends in the country; and
- (b) the manner in which the Government plan to differentiate data collection from existing sources like the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION;  MINISTER  OF STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PLANNING AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  CULTURE  [RAO

INDERJIT SINGH]

- (a): The  primary  objective  of  Forward-Looking  Survey  on  Private Corporate  Sector  Capex  Investment  Intentions  Survey  of  Ministry  of Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI)  is  to  measure capital  investment  intentions  of  private  corporate  sector  covering non-financial and financial corporation through collection of information from major resident enterprises on:
- (i)
- Capital Expenditure incurred during last three financial years,
- (ii) Capital  Expenditure  incurred  or  to  be  incurred  during  the current  and  forthcoming  financial  years  on  different  asset groups and industries

Data  collected  in  this  survey  will  help  to  assess  the  expected investment  to  be  made  by  the  enterprises  for  two  consecutive financial years (namely, 2024-25 and 2025-26). Also, it will provide an indication of preferred industries / sectors where major investment is likely to be made in the coming years.

- (b): The  methodology  adopted  by  the  Ministry  of  Statistics  and Programme  Implementation  (MoSPI)  for  conducting  the  ForwardLooking Survey on Private  Corporate  Sector  CAPEX  Investment Intentions is as follows:

In  accordance  with  the  Collection  of  Statistics  Act,  2008,  notices have been issued to selected enterprises drawn from a frame of active resident private enterprises registered under the Companies Act, 2013 with the  Ministry of  Corporate  Affairs.  Data  collection  is  carried  out via  a  dedicated  web  portal,  where  selected  enterprises  submit  the required information through self-compilation. To ensure the reliability of  the  collected  data,  a  robust  scientific  methodology  has  been employed  for  the  selection  of  enterprises  which  is  validated  by members of the Technical Advisory Group and the Steering Committee consisting of experts from various spheres such as Central Ministries/Departments,  State/UTs,  academia,  research,  economics, finance, etc. Additionally, the web portal incorporates built-in validation  checks,  and  thorough  scrutiny  is  performed  by  trained personnel to ensure data accuracy.

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