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Economist underlines snail-paced growth of India’s per capita GDP

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Economist underlines snail-paced growth of India’s per capita GDP

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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India’s outlook for next fiscal positive: Finance Ministry

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India’s outlook for next fiscal positive: Finance Ministry

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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Wrong to assess economic activity on GDP alone: Finance Ministry

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Wrong to assess economic activity on GDP alone: Finance Ministry

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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Data | The problems with the Prime Minister’s economic claims

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Data | The problems with the Prime Minister’s economic claims

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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RBI’s MPC keeps policy rate unchanged, CPI inflation projection for FY24 revised to 5.4%

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RBI’s MPC keeps policy rate unchanged, CPI inflation projection for FY24 revised to 5.4%

The Monetary Policy Committee has unanimously decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said in Mumbai on August 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India on August 10 decided unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50%.  Consequently,…

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