They invested $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, 76% of $1.6 billion total institutional inflows, while foreign capital contributed $0.4 billion.
Overall investment rose 26% year on year but fell 52% from Q4; office assets drew $1 billion, with Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bengaluru leading city shares.
It was India’s strongest first-quarter deployment since 2021, with private equity providing 74% and REITs 26%, as domestic capital increasingly stabilises activity amid global macro and geopolitical uncertainty.
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