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Modi 1.0: Steady GDP growth, low inflation have left economy in good shape

The Modi government has handled inflation far better than any government in the past two decades

Fitch cuts India GDP growth forecast for FY20 to 6.8% from previous 7%

On the fiscal side, the budget for FY20 plans to increase cash transfers for farmers

India can't attain 9-10% GDP growth without revolution in farm sector: Kant

Kant also stressed on scrapping Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee and some old laws like the Essential Commodities Act, which restrict movement of farm produces

Lower than expected

Disappointing GDP print buries some good news as well

India's debt-to-GDP ratio second-worst among emerging markets: Report

According to an analysis by Motilal Oswal, India's government debt-to-GDP ratio is 68.4 per cent, second only to Brazil

Why India needs a seriously tightened population policy to reduce poverty

India has been unable to address population growth meaningfully which has prevented it from reaching global average for decline in extreme poverty

GDP growth rate for FY18 revised upward to 7.2% from 6.7% earlier

Demonetisation year saw an economic growth rate of 8.2%, according to the revised data

Why economic recovery may be muted in FY19 despite big manufacturing push

Trend likely to continue next fiscal, with world economy seen slowing and there being no let up in the US-China trade spat; RBI may change stance with inflation cooling

GDP a 'fancy figure' that can be misleading at times: Kamal Nath

Defending the loan waiver, the Congress leader, who also had a long stint in central government in various ministries, said it was very necessary as agriculture is a backbone of the Indian economy

Growth deceleration

Advance estimates of GDP growth disappoint

ICICI sees GDP inching up to 7.4% in second half of FY20; long pause by RBI

The critical factors that can determine growth will be oil prices

RBI caps total external commercial borrowings at 6.5% of GDP

The limit now works out to be about $160 billion for the current fiscal year, against the actual outstanding of $126.29 billion as on September 30

Well-being beyond GDP

If we want to put people first, we have to know what matters to them, what improves their wellbeing, and how we can supply more of whatever that is

India's R&D imperative

Raising manufacturing sector's share in GDP requires a fundamental change in our national innovation system and an increase in tech investments

Beyond GDP: How policy based on subjective data can undermine voter trust

If policymakers had paid more attention to household statistics rather than GDP, they would see why many people stopped trusting their governments following the crisis

CAD may rise to 3% of GDP Sept qtr on high crude prices, gold imports: Icra

Icra expects the current account deficit to widen sharply to $19-21 billion

BJP, Cong leaders spar over back series GDP data as election nears

The figures showed growth in the 10 years of Congress rule to 2014 averaged 6.7 per cent, below an average of 7.4 per cent under the current government

Farming, industry may pull down GDP growth to 7.2-7.3% in Q2 of FY19

Lower growth rate anticipated after country clocks a nine-quarter high of 8.2 per cent rate in Q1 of 2018-19

Is India's GDP growth good, bad, or ugly? Puzzling data baffle economists

The economy's fastest expansion in more than two years in the June quarter was predicted accurately by only one of 44 economists surveyed by Bloomberg

States unlikely to achieve 20% debt-to-GDP ratio target by FY23: Report

Though the Centre may manage to achieve the debt-to-GDP ratio target of 40 per cent by FY23, the states achieving the 20 per cent target looks difficult as most of them have not budgeted so far, warned a report. The states' aggregate debt-to-GDP ratio for FY19 has been budgeted at 24.3 per cent and according to their FY19 budgets, only 10 of the 20 states will have debt-to-GSDP ratio of under 25 per cent in FY19, noted the report by India Ratings' chief economist, DK Pant. The NK Singh committee, which is reviewing the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act of 2003, has suggested that the fiscal policy try to reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio to 60 per cent by FY23, with the Centre's at 40 per cent and the states' combined at 20 per cent, instead of improving the revenue to fiscal deficit ratio. Eight states namely Himachal, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab and Rajasthan had debt-to-GSDP ratios in excess of 30 per cent in FY18, ...