India should be satisfied with the current growth rate unless the external environment improves, Member of Economic Advisory Council to the PM, Sanjeev Sanyal, said on Wednesday, terming economic expansion in the range of 7 per cent perfectly good. Sanyal further said it was necessary to protect the hard-earned macroeconomic stability. "Now look, it is possible for us to hit double-digit growth, but I would actually be rather careful about it. This whole game is about compounding growth," Sanyal said while speaking at the Times Now Summit. India's economy grew at better-than-expected 8.4 per cent in the final three months of 2023, logging the fastest pace in the past one-and-a-half years. The growth rate in October-December helped take the estimate for the current fiscal to 7.6 per cent. "We should not attempt to grow this economy by anything more than what it is growing now. "If the external environment does not dramatically improve, because what will happen then, is that our ...
Services exports grew due to rising software exports, business and travel services
'India likely to see rate cuts of up to 75 basis points in calendar year 2024'
Agency's projection is lower than the Reserve Bank of India's and the government's growth estimate of 7%
Former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian on Friday said India's latest GDP numbers are 'absolutely mystifying' and difficult to comprehend. India's economy grew by better-than-expected 8.4 per cent in the final three months of 2023 - the fastest pace in one-and-half years. "I want to be honest with you that the latest GDP numbers, I just simply can not understand them. "I say that with genuine respect and things. They are absolutely mystifying. They don't add up. I don't know what they mean," Subramanian said while speaking at the India Today conclave. The NSO has also revised GDP estimates for the first and second quarters of this fiscal to 8.2 per cent and 8.1 per cent from 7.8 per cent and 7.6 per cent, respectively. Elaborating further, Subramanian said while the implied inflation in these numbers is 1 to 1.5 per cent, actual inflation in the economy is somewhere between 3 and 5 per cent. "The economy is growing at seven and a half per cent, even though private consum
It expects 50 bps rate cut by RBI in the second half of 2024
The RBI has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.50% for the last six consecutive meetings and has reiterated its commitment to reaching the 4% inflation target on a sustainable basis
'The current GDP contribution is 4.5% and we aim to get that to 10% by 2030,' she said in an interview. 'We started from 3.2% when we opened up for tourism.'
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, GDP grew 0.1%, compared with the initial reading of a drop of 0.1.% drop and a median forecast for a 0.3% rise
On the inflation front, Crisil expects softening to continue in the next fiscal on the back of healthier agriculture output that tames food inflation, and benign oil and commodity prices
He urged investors to grab the opportunity India's rapid growth offers
The report said obstacles that women face in entering the global workforce included barriers to starting businesses, persistent pay gaps and bans on working at night or in jobs deemed 'dangerous'
The country's largest-ever fraud case is among a slew of high-profile proceedings following from the Communist Party of Vietnam's crackdown on corruption
SBI projected the Indian economy to grow at 8 per cent in FY25
Government data showed fertiliser subsidies in the October-December quarter declined by nearly 70% to 307 billion rupees ($3.7 billion) from the same period a year ago
Yet, such discrepancies in India's economic data are not unprecedented. That's also the case with large downward revisions of past data that boost recent growth rates
India Inc on Thursday said 8.4 per cent GDP growth in the October-December quarter of FY24 has "surpassed" expectations, and the economy is on a high growth trajectory due to sustained reforms undertaken by the government. India's economic growth accelerated to 8.4 per cent in the October-December quarter of this fiscal, driven by double-digit growth in manufacturing and good showing by mining & quarrying and construction sectors. The GDP (gross domestic product) growth was 4.3 per cent in the October-December 2022 quarter, according to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Thursday. "Industry is enthused to note the strong set of GDP growth numbers for the third quarter (YoY), which surpassed expectations...What is more comforting to note is the fact that the robust expansion came despite the recurring spate of geopolitical flashpoints," said Chandrajit Banerjee, director general, CII. He further said the Indian economy is on a high growth trajectory ...
The GDP growth of 8.4 per cent in the third quarter shows the strength of Indian economy and its potential, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, asserting that the government will continue to make efforts to keep fast economic growth and help 140 crore Indians lead a better life and create a 'Viksit Bharat'. Beating estimates, India's economic growth shot to 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2023-24, mainly due to good performance by the manufacturing, mining & quarrying, and construction sectors. Modi said, "Robust 8.4% GDP growth in Q3 2023-24 shows the strength of Indian economy and its potential.
Meanwhile, services which are the major contributor to the Indian economy display an improvement in Q3, led by trade, hotels, transport and communication services
On the consumption side, India Ratings expects private final consumption expenditure to grow by 6.1 per cent in FY25, up from 4.4 per cent in FY24