The global rating agency had earlier predicted GDP to contract 4 per cent. On Friday, it predicated 11.5 per cent contraction
CARE Ratings said the country's economy is likely to see a sharper contraction of 8-8.2 per cent in the current financial year compared to a decline of 6.4 per cent it had projected earlier
The downward revision in India's forecast for FY21 comes on the heels of a sharp contraction in Indian economy in the April-June 2020 period
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GDP data for the April to June quarter will reveal how badly the economy was hit by the coronavirus pandemic
The most pessimist one projects it at 25%
The rating agency, in May, had projected a decline in GDP growth of 1.5-1.6 per cent in FY21.
However on the extreme ends, Bernstein pegged fall in the gross domestic product (GDP) at 7 per cent and Asian Development Bank projected GDP growth at 4 per cent
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Following the news, the central bank chief economist Ed Robinson said monetary policy remains unchanged and will next be reviewed in October, as planned
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The rapid and widening spread of the Covid-19, deteriorating global economic outlook, falling oil prices, and financial market turmoil are creating a severe and extensive economic and financial shock
This would mean a contraction of 1-2 per cent for entire FY21, against the agency's earlier projection of -1 per cent to 1 per cent
This week, a total of 17 companies are scheduled to announce their quarterly earnings which includes HCL Technologies, Kansai Nerloac Paints, and YES Bank among others
The government officially extended India's lockdown by another two weeks to May 17 on Friday evening
Its parent Standard & Poor's has (S&P) forecast the world economy to contract 2.4 per cent, against its earlier estimates of 0.4 per cent growth.
According to the SBI Ecowrap report, the extension of the lockdown would result in economic loss of Rs 21.1 trillion or 6 per cent of the nominal Gross Value Added (GVA).
Subramanian, along with public policy expert Devesh Kapur of Johns Hopkins University, was speaking at a webinar organised by National Council of Applied Economic Research.
Earlier, ICRA had expected GDP to fall by 4.5 per cent in the first quarter when lockdown was for 21 days till April 14.