India hits whopping $100 Billion deals mark In 2018

Updated: January 30, 2019 03:06 PM IST

While sectors such as telecom, e-commerce, energy, manufacturing, retail, and agriculture contributed to high-value deals, start-ups, IT, pharma, banking, and media sectors attracted the maximum deal activities driving deal volumes in 2018, said Grant Thornton India LLP. “The outlook for 2019 may be tepid for the first two quarters, but it should eventually pick up and end on a positive note, given the strong fundamentals and deal pipelines. However, a lot will depend on the continuing reforms, new policies and pace of reforms post general elections,” Prashant Mehra, partner, Grant Thornton India LLP.