New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- As India's private capital expenditure cycle shows clear signs of revival, Manish Garg, CEO of Interarch, a major Indian provider of turnkey pre-engineered steel building (PEB) solutions, shares his perspective on the evolving demand environment, the growth of pre-engineered buildings, sustainability imperatives, skill challenges, and what the upcoming Union Budget needs to deliver to support India's next phase of manufacturing and infrastructure expansion.

India is clearly entering a new private capex upcycle, led by manufacturing, logistics and data-centric industries building fresh capacity after years of under-investment. Sustained government capex in core infrastructure has created the backbone, and private pla...