{
  "id": 3730903,
  "title": "Performance of Private Corporate Business Sector during Q1:2026-27",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/performance-of-private-corporate-business-sector-during-q1-2026-27",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:14:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reserve Bank of India",
    "slug": "reserve-bank-of-india",
    "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=63452"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Reserve Bank released data on the performance of private corporate businesses during the first quarter of 2026-27. Analyzing 3,247 listed non-government non-financial companies, sales growth accelerated to 19.4 percent year-over-year, up from 13.9 percent in the previous quarter. Manufacturing companies, particularly in the automobile, petroleum, and electrical machinery industries, saw a 21.4 percent year-over-year sales increase. IT companies experienced double-digit growth of 14.8 percent, compared to 9.9 percent in the prior quarter. Meanwhile, non-IT services companies maintained a healthy 19.7 percent growth, primarily driven by the wholesale and retail trade sector. Raw material expenses for manufacturing companies surged by 27.5 percent year-over-year, but the raw material-to-sales ratio declined slightly to 58.1 percent. Staff costs for manufacturing, IT, and non-IT services companies increased by 12.4 percent, 7.6 percent, and 11.2 percent, respectively. Despite higher input costs, operating profit growth remained robust across sectors. Manufacturing companies saw a 21.3 percent year-over-year increase, IT firms improved to 19.9 percent, and non-IT services companies grew by 12.7 percent. Overall, interest coverage ratios for manufacturing and non-IT services companies improved, while IT firms maintained elevated levels.",
  "summary": "Today, the Reserve Bank released the data on performance of the private corporate business sector during the first quarter of 2026-27, drawn from abridged quarterly financial results of 3,247 listed non-government non-financial companies 1 . This summary position also includes comparable data for Q4:2025-26 and Q1:2025-26 to enable study of sequential (q-o-q) and annual (y-o-y) change (web-link:…",
  "key_points": [
    "Sales growth accelerated to 19.4 percent year-over-year in Q1 2026-27.",
    "Manufacturing, IT, and non-IT services companies experienced varying growth rates.",
    "Input costs rose, but operating profit growth remained robust across sectors."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}