In a Q&A, the president of the industry body dwells on how a cut in fuel duties will spur demand, and the impact of interest rate regime on India's FY23 GDP growth
Gross domestic product growth will be 7.6% for FY23 and 6.7% for FY24, 30 basis points lower than the previous estimates, the brokerage said in a note
"In 2019, prior to the pandemic, tourism contributed $3.5 trillion to global GDP. The precipitous drop during the pandemic is estimated to have cost up to 120 million jobs," the UNGA President noted
The share of incremental bank credit in incremental nominal GDP is likely to cross the 50 per cent mark in the current financial year, from a decade low of 27 per cent in FY2022, an SBI report said
Some observers say now is a good time to focus on different metrics than traditional measures of employment, prices and gross domestic product
Price stability is a necessary precondition for strong and sustainable growth, it adds
The divergence in real GDP growth and employment growth may continue into 2022-23, although it could be much smaller
The five largest spenders in 2021 were the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom and Russia, together accounting for 62% of expenditure," the Stockholm based said in a statement
The report has projected government expenditure at 18.4 per cent of the GDP in 2022 and 17.1 per cent in 2023 compared to 18.6 per cent in 2021
It is important to remember that growth had been slowing for five consecutive quarters before 2019-20
'Clearly, states seem to be currently living beyond their means and it is imperative that states rationalise their spending priorities in accordance with revenue receipts,' Ghosh said
Its FY23 projection would still be better than many
Tomar also urged scientists to provide their research inputs to reap more benefits from traditional methods of farming
The record rise in tax collections in 2021-22 should be judged in a larger context
The projection on inflation is based on the assumption of international crude oil prices of the Indian basket remaining at $100 billion a barrel
The monetary policy committee (MPC) has sprung some surprises even though the repo rate has been kept unchanged.
Overall, nine of 20 industrial sectors increased in January
The current account deficit was $9.9 bn in the second quarter ended Sep 2021 and $2.2 bn a year ago
Rating agency cites impact of ongoing Ukraine war, China lockdowns
The exodus of foreign investors was largely owing to inflationary pressures and deepening global macroeconomic conditions following the Russia-Ukraine war, experts said