{
  "id": 11399933,
  "title": "Indian Factories Cut New Investment In FY25 Despite Record Employment Growth: ASI Data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/indian-factories-cut-new-investment-in-fy25-despite-record-employment",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-02T08:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/indian-factories-cut-new-investment-in-fy25-despite-record-employment-growth-asi-data"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Indian registered factories scaled back fresh investment in FY25 even as employment reached a record level. Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) declined 8% to ₹63,497 crore during the year. It was the first fall in factory investment since FY21. GFCF had surged 77% in FY23 and increased another 18% in FY24, according to a report by Business Standard citing the latest Annual Survey of Industries…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}