India Inc deal tally at $20.56 b

 Interestingly, out of the $20.56 billion deal tally, inbound deals amounted to $13.75 billion. Corporate India’s shopping spree abroad, however, witnessed a significant decline as there were only 34 deals amounting to $1.73 billion in the January-March period this year, as against 46 deals in the corresponding period, last year.

The total value of domestic deals in the first quarter of this calender year was $2.40 billion, as compared to $3.27 billion in the corresponding period, a year ago, the report said. The average deal size for first quarter was $125 million and $28 million for M&A and PE respectively. In private equity segment, the first quarter saw 76 deals amounting to $2.16 billion.