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Govt exploring new method for calculating GDP with changing weights

The weights assigned to various products and activities will keep updating but the base year will remain the same

India moves up a step, but does poorly on many basics

India has moved up one position to 49th in the The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 (GCR Report), released today by the World Economic Forum ahead of its annual meeting, to be held this year in Dalian, China.

Fiscal deficit may slip to 3.5-3.8% in FY20; govt set to miss 3.3% target

The FRBM Act, after its amendment in 2018, allows a fiscal deficit slippage of not more than 0.5% for any given year, provided there are justifications

India's real GDP growth in FY20 to come slightly below 5%: IHS Markit

For the first half of 2019-20 fiscal, GDP growth slowed to a pace of 4.8 per cent compared to the 7.5 per cent a year back.

How Modinomics scores over Manmohanomics in the re-ignited GDP debate

The notion that the decline in GDP is the result of demonetisation is a myth

Can't compare GDP data with consumer spending report, says govt panel

A fall in household spending is a signal that poverty may have increased, according to experts

Growth takes a back seat: RBI sharply cuts GDP forecast to 5% from 6.1%

Says forces driving up inflation 'appear to be transient'

Key takeaways from RBI's monetary policy meet

GDP growth forecast for FY20 has been revised downwards from 6.1 per cent in the October policy to 5 per cent

GST Council to review revenue position, compensation cess on Dec 18

The last time GDP grew at a slower pace was in the fourth quarter of 2012-13, when it had expanded only 4.3 per cent

Hidden inter-linkages hurting growth

How fiscal pressures on state budgets are more pro-cyclical and weak imports push up bond yields

Goldman pegs down FY20 GDP growth to 5.3%; equities may gain 8.5% next year

The brokerage attributed the evident dichotomy between GDP growth estimates and the benchmark target to the easy monetary policy that the central bank has been pursuing since the beginning of the year

The monetary dilemma

Effectiveness of the policy needs to be questioned

Manmohan's fear of GDP growth falling 200 bps coming true: Chowdhury in LS

Observing that tax rate cut would result in revenue loss of Rs 1.45 trillion, he wanted to know how the government will deal with the fiscal deficit

Letter to BS: GDP shows that govt's measures have not yielded any results

What is imperative at present is concrete steps towards addressing structural issues plaguing the economy

Luck only gets you so far in India with growth sliding below 5%

Many big economies have been stalling, but it's hard to think of another where growth has come down to earth this quickly

Manufacturing contracts for first time in 2 yrs, pulls down GDP to 6-yr low

This is the second contraction in the sector on a quarterly basis in the past eight years - since the new GDP series started in 2012-13

GDP shocker: India Inc expects growth to rebound in Q3 on stimulus measures

Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw opined that few pragmatic policies can help put India on the top again

4.5% GDP growth rate unacceptable, worrisome: Former PM Manmohan Singh

He said the "toxic combination of deep distrust, pervasive fear and a sense of hopelessness in our society" is stifling economic activity and growth

Slow Q2 GDP growth: Weak credit, manufacturing need fixing, say experts

The rate of economic expansion was the lowest in more than six years; it slipped from 5 per cent in Q1 this year and 7.1 per cent in Q2 of FY19

GDP growth numbers: Will there be some good news?

The upcoming data will likely show the economy had its weakest performance last quarter in more than six years, with the growth rate dropping below the symbolically important 5% mark