Pakistan's economic condition is precarious with low foreign exchange reserves and large fiscal and current account deficits, has further worsened by severe flooding
Russia's budget deficit accounted for 2.3 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said
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Fiscal space should be used carefully
Spillovers from a period of pronounced weakness in the US, China and the European Union are exacerbating other headwinds faced by poorer nations
The government aims to shrink the gap to below 4.5% of GDP by 2025-26
Banerjee pointed out how the state GDP had grown manifold during the tenure of her government and about 12 million jobs have been created
Average fiscal deficit to be 4% of GDP in 2023, says agency's Sovereigns--Asia-Pacific report
Say expectations of easing inflation levels, good rabi output will be supportive of domestic demand
Govt must aim for faster consolidation
The RBI and the World Bank have projected 6.8 per cent and 6.9 per cent GDP growth respectively for FY23
The average variation in growth may be as high as a percentage point over the last six years
The output of the manufacturing sector is estimated to decelerate to 1.6 per cent as against a growth of 9.9 per cent in FY22
The country's GDP is expected to rise 3.2 per cent this year, according to the government's projection
Net exports of services rose 35% to $34.5 billion in the second quarter of the current fiscal
He said that basic necessities have been provided to the people and more so in the rural areas by the government
Growth in new orders and output enable factories to end 2022 on a strong note: Survey
Corporate tax collections exceeded 3 per cent of the GDP after a gap of two years in 2021-22, reflecting overall improvement in profitability of India Inc propelled by increase in demand for goods and services. However, the corporate tax collection is yet to surpass its five-year high of 3.51 per cent of GDP recorded in 2018-19. In actual terms, the net corporate tax collection in 2021-22 stood at Rs 7.12 lakh crore. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current market price was Rs 236.64 lakh crore. The percentage of net corporate tax to GDP worked out to be 3.01 per cent. An analysis of five-year data of corporate tax collection as a percentage of GDP showed that the ratio was the highest in 2018-19. The net corporate tax collection stood at Rs 6.63 lakh crore or 3.51 per cent of GDP. The mop up and ratio slipped to 2.77 per cent of GDP in 2019-20 on account of reduction in corporate tax rate. In the biggest reduction in 28 years, the government cut corporate tax rates for new ...
Balance of Payments position sees depletion of $30.4 billion, says central bank
Adani group is rapidly diversifying beyond ports and coal-based businesses into green energy, airports, cement, media, data centers and metals