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NCAER pegs India's FY20 GDP growth at 4.9% as slowing demand weighs

Forecast lowest among recent predictions

Q2 FY20 GDP growth likely to dip to 4.9% over sustained slowdown: NCAER

NCAER said the monetary policy measures are unlikely to revive growth at this juncture and suggested providing fiscal stimulus, which too can be challenging

Economy doing fine, people getting married, airports full: Minister

"Every three years there is fall in demand in economy. It is a cycle. Then the economy picks up also," he added

In October, India's diesel demand fell at steepest annual rate in 3 years

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, rose 8.9% in October from a year earlier, to 2.54 million tonnes

Economic slowdown: Congress meet on Saturday to plan nationwide agitation

The Congress plans to hold this national protest in Delhi soon

Amid economic slowdown, Moody's lowers India's 2019 growth forecast to 5.6%

Revises prediction from 6.2%, says slump lasting longer than expected

Auto slowdown: Component makers, vehicle manufacturers differ on recovery

Passenger vehicle (PV) sales fell around 20 per cent year-on-year in the April to October period, first seven months of this financial year

Slowdown blues for liquor: Consumption took a beating in September quarter

Experts are of the opinion that though the second half of this financial year will see some recovery, volume growth is likely to remain in single digit

At 4.6% in Oct, retail inflation breaches RBI comfort level after 15 months

But core inflation, which excludes the volatile components of food and fuel, stood at 3.3 per cent in October; this is its lowest in eight years

Rupee falls to over 2-month low on weak economic data, crosses 72 a dollar

Dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against major global currencies, rose 0.05% to 98.35

India's multiple asymmetries

Till the current self-created economic slowdown ends, we can safely wallow in India's greatness in a mythical golden age when we apparently knew all about nuclear weapons and plastic surgery

Economic slowdown, falling industrial demand hurting power consumption

Gujarat saw 1.1% fall in demand, Maharashtra 2.63% in April-September period

Why economists watered down India's July-Sept growth estimate to 4.2-4.7%

State Bank of India (SBI) joins global agencies such as the ADB, World Bank, OECD, RBI and the IMF in downgrading India's FY20 growth rates

Come clean on fisc

Govt must not conceal how slowdown is impacting revenue

Best of BS Opinion: India's trade policy, economic slowdown, and more

Shyam Saran argues that India is at a rare moment of history when the ruling political dispensation enjoys unprecedented political capital and is led by a charismatic and ambitious leader

Stability, regulatory reforms to boost economic growth: BSE MD Chauhan

BSE has recently developed a 'real time price movement' chart with correlation to market rumors

Chhattisgarh govt claims job for over 500,000 created despite slowdown

Lion's share of jobs generated in rural sector, through a slew of schemes aimed at creating self-employment and employment opportunities

Festive sales help passenger vehicles snap 11-month declining streak in Oct

UV launches, steep festival discounts bolster sales

Another warning

Structural changes needed in every aspect of the economy

Indian economy currently facing challenges, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Launching The Rise of Finance: Causes, Consequences and Cure, she said the book would help "understand the current economic situation facing both the world and Indian economy"