Page 34 - Economic Growth

Growth is biggest challenge for emerging economies: World Bank economist

"With growth comes jobs, with growth and jobs comes recovery."

Households cautiously optimistic

The index of consumer sentiments scaled up by a handsome 7.9 per cent in September

Skills, democracy main drivers of growth, says Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Skills and democracy are the main drivers of sustainable growth, ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala said on Friday, adding that he is bullish on the Indian market

Banks need to accelerate green lending for sustainable growth: SBI chief

Banks have always been the backbone of India's economic growth and as the country pivots to sustainable growth, the banking sector will have to accelerate green lending, said SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara

Liquidity normalisation is upon us

Growth prospects have brightened and inflation outlook has eased, despite lingering concerns as to potential broad-based supply shocks

Elections and 'wallet economics': Does economic under-performance matter?

There are instances - both from national and state elections - of economic under-performers being returned to power, and also of parties being thrown out despite good performance, writes T N Ninan

Need to make sure benefit of economic growth is evenly shared: D Subbarao

Former RBI Governor D Subbarao stressed the need to accelerate economic growth rate and make sure this benefit of growth is shared, even as he said unemployment has taken a form of crisis

Expect more than 7% growth for India this decade: CEA Subramanian

Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian on Wednesday said India will clock over 7 per cent annual growth during this decade on the back of strong economic fundamentals

FinMin officials pitch for better sovereign rating outlook with Moody's

Finance Ministry officials and representatives of rating agency Moody's on Tuesday discussed economic growth prospects, during which India pitched for an upgrade in its sovereign rating outlook

Economists project GDP growth at 14%-23% in Q1FY22

The growth was projected on a low base of 24.4 per cent contraction in the gross domestic product in Q4 of the previous financial year.

India's GDP likely to grow at 18.5% in Q1FY22: SBI report

The country's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at around 18.5 per cent with an upward bias in the first quarter of the current financial year, according to SBI research report Ecowrap

Vajpayee yrs set ground for UPA era economic growth: Shankar Acharya's book

Vajpayee's political achievement in greatly advancing economic reforms was perhaps even more admirable than Rao's, writes Shankar Acharya in his new book

Growth optimism: Will govt's own investment and exports be enough?

A step jump in medium-term growth rates, of the kind projected, needs all four engines of the economy to be firing. But the govt seems to have bet on just two, writes T N Ninan

Inflation angst spreads to India bonds as Reserve Bank downplays risk

RBI is widely expected to leave its key rates unchanged on Friday and continue with its easy monetary stance

Finance ministry sticks to double-digit economic growth forecast

Sanyal says ministry's assessment of inflation remains on a par with RBI's

IMF slashes India's economic growth forecast for FY22 to 9.5%

However, IMF sees India's GDP growing by 8.5%, 160 basis points higher than its earlier projection, in the next financial year (FY23)

The many paths to a greener future

Jayant Sinha and Anshu Bharadwaj note that India is demonstrating a new paradigm in which economic growth does not have to go together with the consumption of fossil fuels and increasing emissions

ADB trims developing Asia's 2021 economic growth forecast to 7.2%

Developing Asia's economic growth this year will be slightly lower than previously projected, Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday, citing the resurgence of Covid-19 infections in countries

India's consumer digital economy to touch $800 billion by 2030

Driven by online shopping across the spectrum, India's consumer digital economy, which was pegged at $85-90 billion in CY20, is expected to become a $800 billion market by 2030: report

Booster dose: Govt unveils Rs 6.3-trillion package to spur growth

Includes credit guarantee schemes, steps to revive tourism, strengthen health infra