New Delhi, July 7 -- Growth in India's cement demand will recover to 6.5-7.5 per cent this fiscal (2025-26) after falling to 5 per cent in the recently concluded 2024-25 fiscal, according to a Crisil Ratings report.

This, coupled with an uptick in realisations, will lift operating profitability by Rs 100 to a level just above the decadal average, the rating agency asserted in its report on Monday.

Healthy accrual coupled with robust balance sheets will keep the credit profiles of cement makers stable, a Crisil analysis of 17 cement companies, accounting for over 85 per cent of domestic sales volume, found.

Last fiscal, cement demand hit a soft patch in the first half and reported a tepid growth of 2-3 per cent owing to a slowdown in co...