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Govt can raise Rs 95,000 cr from infra bonds to boost growth: BofA

Even though this will raise the overall public sector borrowing, the market will not react adversely as the money raised will be tied to funding specific needs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said

Modi govt's doctrine of governance behind economic slowdown: Manmohan Singh

India's large economy can not be directed at will or managed by managing colourful headlines, wrote the former PM

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

Are India's falling consumer spending and strong GDP growth in sync?

At the macro level, a similar dichotomy is visible in two sets of data released by the same institution, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

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

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

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

Economists estimate India's July-September GDP growth at 4.2-4.7%

Nomura chief economist Sonal Varma has put the Q2 growth at 4.2 per cent, similar to what SBI has estimated

Economic slowdown: India's Q2 GDP to grow by just 4.2 per cent, says SBI

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

Is this only to make govt look good on GDP growth rate: Jairam on base year

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday criticised the BJP government's plan to revise the base year to calculate the gross domestic product growth from the current 2011-12 to 2017-18, saying it was a "terrible" idea. Citing a media report in this regard, Ramesh asked if it was only to make Modi 2.0 government look good on GDP growth rates. He suggested that 2018-19 should be made the GDP base year as 2017-18 was "an abnormal year with notebandi (demonetisation) and hasty GST". "Government wants 2017-18 as new GDP base year. Terrible idea! It was an abnormal year with notebandi & hasty GST. Is this only to make Modi Sarkar 2.0 look good on GDP growth rates?" he tweeted.

Moody's rating action unwarranted; things in India not so bad: Mark Mobius

The founder of Mobius Capital Partners LLP suggests India should invest more in building infrastructure to return to the high-growth path

Economic Slump has bottomed out; expect revival from here: Govt official

The official said the government has been sensitive to the concerns of all sectors and has been proactively taking measures to address them.

FM Sitharaman to review state of economy at FSDC meeting on Nov 7

The meeting will review the current global and domestic economic situation and financial stability issues, including those concerning banking and NBFCs, sources added.

Diwali demand was muted, India's GDP growth may fall to 5.8%, says BofAML

Economic growth has slipped to a six-year low of 5 per cent for the June quarter and is expected to turn in lower than that in the September quarter

Slowdown pangs: Sep quarter GDP growth may slip below 5%, says govt

This is in-line with most revised estimates by government bodies, research firms and ratings agencies

Output of 8 core industries contracts 5% in Sep, may hurt Q2 GDP growth

Gross domestic product grew by more than a six-year low of 5 per cent in the first quarter

Slowdown in Indian economy in recent quarters took us by surprise: IMF

We see the Indian economy rebounding from our projected 6.1% growth this fiscal year to something like 7% in the next fiscal year, the IMF said

Sharp revisions in the GDP growth rate tell a tale of uncertain times

Is the growth modeling fraught with errors? If so, how can the policy makers frame policies in such a scenario?

Economy could grow at over 6% in 2019-20: CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

A country like India, at the stage it is in its economic cycle, the key driver is investment, which eventually does affect consumption. And consumption is a force multiplier