Sectors which attracted big-ticket investments were real estate, energy, banking and start-ups
Tech sectors, including start-ups and IT & ITeS, witnessed the highest consolidation, capturing over 40 per cent of volumes
PE players seal over $737 mn deals in February: Thornton.
Domestic deals were the flavour of the month as there were 20 such transactions worth $2.77 billion in June 2015.
Private Equity investment in Q1, 2015 witnessed a year- on-year jump of 30 per cent to $2.6 billion.
The trend is expected to remain bullish in 2015, global consultancy Grant Thornton said
Services attract highest foreign direct investment, despite Make in India push.
India said on Tuesday it was investigating US policies supporting solar panel makers, the latest move in an escalating row over renewable energy that has worsened already strained ties between the two countries.
The contraction in M&A activity in India contrasts sharply with the upbeat global picture, much of it led by a reviving US economy.
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has suggested pricking the ballooning oil bill with everything from a street theatre campaign encouraging lower fuel use, to shutting fuel stations, to increasing imports from Iran.