Over 93% of the orders in the year came from the central and state governments, PSUs, and NHAI.
Sensex up just 6.5% while the best returns were during Manmohan Singh, with the Sensex soaring nearly 167.5%.
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India put up a dull performance among emerging economies this year.
With uncertainty over economic prospects and higher interest rates leading to subdued investments by the private sector, Indian companies' new order inflows in the quarter ended December 31 stood at the lowest level in nearly four years.
All sectors are expected to deliver positive growth, with huge positive growth swings in pharma, telecom, infrastructure, real estate, metals and auto.
The aggregate dividend payout by corporate India may be lower in the current financial year (2011-12), compared to 2010-11.
Sectors that will drive profit growth include refineries, private banks, capital goods, cement, fast moving consumer goods, metals and oil & gas. Sectors with disappointing growth are public sector banks, construction, media, pharmaceuticals, steel, textiles, telecom and tyres.
Equity dividend payment rises 14.9 per cent in 2010-11.
Net sales rose 26 per cent but profit rose at a slower 22.7 per cent, as operating margins took a hit by 160 basis points, year on year.
Order inflows during the quarter-ended September declined 31.5 per cent compared to the level a year ago. Companies are still not committing fresh capital expansion.
Capex plans for the next six months imply a 20 per cent increase in calendar 2010.
A study of 435 companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, which provide their capital-employed data on a quarterly basis, shows capex grew by a meagre 3.4 per cent in the nine months ending December 2009, compared to the level in March 2009.
This year was the best since 1991, with benchmark indices rising over 100 per cent from their March lows.
Low-base effect to kick in, but higher raw material prices could spoil the show.
Only 13 have seen a turnaround while 17 have been in the red in this quarter as well as the corresponding quarter of last year.
India Inc's order book has more than doubled to an all-time high of Rs 73,320 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year, compared to the first quarter.
The slowdown in capital expansion is clearly seen in the current financial year. Large sectors such as cement, metal, oil and gas, power and telecom have provided negligible funds in the first quarter for their capex plans.
The 15 IT companies that have declared results so far together clocked 8.4 per cent growth in revenue, the slowest since 2001, largely due to a poor show from Wipro, Tech Mahindra and Polaris Software. But Infosys Technologies and TCS excel, with double-digit growth in year-on-year revenue from software exports.
In absolute terms, capex spending has risen by Rs 228,000 crore (Rs 2,280 billion), despite declining profits and a 37 per cent decline in fund flow from financial markets in 2008-09. The capital-intensive sectors of India Inc do not find the current environment a deterrent to push ongoing expansion and so they continue with capex plans. The study looks at 323 listed companies whose capex spending data for 2008-09 is available.
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