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Arvind Virmani, NITI Ayog member. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement “The Indian economy will grow around 7% in the current fiscal year and is on track to maintain a similar growth rate for several years,” NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani said on July 12. Mr. Virmani said there are new challenges facing the country…
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The problem of high food inflation will be “less severe” in India going ahead, as modern supply chains with diversified sources can help quickly address sudden spikes in prices of specific food items, RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Ashima Goyal said on April 25. Stressing that the share of food in the household budget…
Pressure on food prices has been interrupting India’s ongoing disinflation process (Representational) New Delhi: Morgan Stanley is firm on India’s growth outlook, given the support it is getting from domestic demand. Citing high-frequency data, the global investment banking firm said it remains constructive on the growth outlook. Against that backdrop, it expects India’s GDP growth…
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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its report released on Tuesday said that India grew by 6.7% in 2023 and is expected to expand by 6.5% in 2024, continuing to be the fastest-growing major economy in the world. | Photo Credit: REUTERS India’s economy is projected to grow by 6.5% in 2024, according to a…
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Moody’s corporate headquarters in New York. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Moody’s Analytics on April 12 projected India’s economy to expand 6.1% in 2024, lower than 7.7% growth clocked in 2023. It said output in India remains 4% lower than it would have been without the COVID pandemic and its various aftershocks — from supply…
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India’s GDP data for the Jan-March quarter is due to be released on May 31. (File) India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is on track to grow by 8% or more in the quarter ending March 31, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. The economy is expected to show the same rate of year-on-year expansion…
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Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics speaking at the pre-event session of 64th conference of Indian Society of Labour Economics on ’Growing apart? Growth, poverty and inequality in post-liberalisation India’, held at University of Hyderabad on March 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: Serish Nanisetti The train engine is moving fast, the coaches nearest to it…
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Strong growth accompanied by stable inflation and external account and progressive employment outlook will help the Indian economy close the current financial year on a positive note. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Finance Ministry on March 22 said with an uptick in private investment and inflation trending down, India’s outlook for the…
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September 15, 2023 10:35 pm | Updated September 16, 2023 08:31 am IST – NEW DELHI “Indian GDP data are not seasonally adjusted, and they are also revised multiple times before they are finalised three years after the close of the relevant financial year,” the Finance Ministry said. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Finance…
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Official rhetoric on India becoming a $5 trillion dollar economy has resumed, with the Prime Minister’s remarks at the BRICS conference last week. However, these claims are riddled with problems. | Photo Credit: Reuters Addressing the BRICS Business Forum Leaders’ Dialogue at Johannesburg last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Soon, India will become a…
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