Page 5 - India Economic Growth

Monetary Policy Committee may have underestimated economic growth for Q2

Most economists peg it higher than 6.5%, numbers to come today

India's GDP to grow 6-7% during 2024-26, growth prospects strong: S&P

India's economic growth prospects should remain strong over the medium term, with GDP expanding 6-7.1 per cent annually in fiscal years 2024-2026, S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday. In a report titled 'Global Banks Country-By-Country Outlook 2024', S&P said the banking sector's weak loans will decline to 3-3.5 per cent of gross advances by March 31, 2025, on the back of structural improvement, including healthy corporate balance sheets, tighter underwriting standards and improved risk-management practices. Interest rates in India are unlikely to rise materially, and this should limit the risk for the banking industry, it added. "Unsecured personal loans have grown rapidly and could contribute to incremental NPLs. We believe underwriting standards for retail loans generally remain healthy and overall level of delinquencies remains within acceptable limits for this product category," S&P Primary Credit Analyst Deepali Seth Chhabria said. The report said that global ...

Southeast Asia woos Indians with more flight seats and free visas

What was striking about Q3 2023 was that the number of airline seats between China and southeast Asia was 53 per cent of the 2019 levels, or 4.24 million seats

Raising receipts, accelerating economy's size key to address debt problem

The Centre's debt had risen by around ten percentage points of GDP during 2020-21 compared to the previous year, while the state's debt by little more than four percentage points of GDP

India in 2047

Policy adjustments can enable higher growth

India's tourism challenge: Foreign arrivals remain below 2019 levels

CMIE data shows that in February 2020, just before the pandemic struck, 1.02 million foreign tourists had arrived in India. In August 2023, the number stood at 640,000

India's bank credit growth likely to moderate to 13-13.5% in FY24: CRISIL

"The extent to which deposit growth picks up would determine credit growth for banks," said Subha Sri Narayanan, Director at CRISIL Ratings

India must grow at 8% to bring transformational changes for people: Summers

India has the potential and should aim to grow at 8 per cent annually to bring about transformative changes in the lives of millions of people by around 2050, said noted economist and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers here on Saturday. India's GDP growth in 2022-23 was 7.2 per cent as against 9.1 per cent in 2021-22. According to the Reserve Bank of India's projections, India's GDP will likely grow 6.5 per cent in the current fiscal year. Summers clarified that 8 per cent growth was not his forecast on the basis of current policy, but added, "given India's potential, even in a more challenging world economy, I believe that it is an imaginable goal. "...an eightfold expansion in the economy is transformative in the lives of hundreds of millions of people. I think it is something to target as India defines its greatness in this next century." In his lecture on 'The World is on Fire', organised by the CII in partnership with Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), the eminent .

We see signs of buoyancy in the economy, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Inflation a permanent challenge; won't sit back, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Fitch retains India's growth forecast at 6.3%, flags inflation risks

Fitch Ratings on Thursday retained India's growth forecast for the current fiscal at 6.3 per cent saying the Indian economy continues to show resilience despite tighter monetary policy and weakness in exports, but upped year-end inflation projection on El Nino threat. The Indian economy grew 7.8 per cent in the April-June quarter of current fiscal on strong services sector activity and robust demand. "The Indian economy continues to show resilience despite tighter monetary policy and weakness in exports, with growth outpacing other countries in the region," Fitch said, while projecting 6.3 per cent growth for current fiscal, and 6.5 per cent for next fiscal. In its September update of the Global Economic Outlook Fitch, however, said that high-frequency indicators suggest that the pace of growth in the July-September quarter is likely to moderate. Growth in the July-September quarter is likely to moderate as exports continue to weaken, credit growth flatlines and the Reserve Bank of

Economy likely to expand by around RBI's projection of 8% in Q1, FY24

Various analysts that Business Standard spoke to put GDP growth in the range of 7 to 8.5 per cent for Q1 of FY24

Statsguru: Nearly four out of five Indians are literate, shows govt data

One key reason for India's low growth is said to be low merchandise exports, which helped propel countries such as China and South Korea to prosperity

Trade: A call to action for rapid growth

For India to attain high-income status by 2047, it must urgently prioritise trade as the primary driver for achieving accelerated growth

Need to grow at 7.6% to be a developed nation by 2047-48, says RBI

Sustainable path to development requires investment in physical capital & comprehensive reforms across sectors covering education, infrastructure, healthcare & technology to raise productivity: Study

India's Superman stature in world order by 2075 to be US' kryptonite

Off the back of superior economic growth, EMs and the Indian capital market are expected to grow in stature over the decades to come

India to be among top three economies of world by 2027: Rajnath Singh

He was addressing the convocation ceremony of Gopal Narayan Singh University in Rohtas district of Bihar on Saturday

India's economy likely to grow 6.5-6.7% in FY24: CII president R Dinesh

Industry body CII on Thursday said India's economy is expected to grow in the range of 6.5-6.7 per cent in the current financial year supported by strong domestic drivers and robust capex momentum of the government. India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.1 per cent in the March quarter of 2022-23, pushing the annual growth rate to 7.2 per cent. The growth has propelled the country's economy to USD 3.3 trillion, setting the stage for achieving the USD 5 trillion target in the next few years. Addressing the media, newly elected President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) R Dinesh said India's GDP growth is expected to leapfrog to 7.8 per cent in the next decade (FY22-31) from 6.6 per cent previously recorded. "We expect GDP growth in a range of 6.5-6.7 per cent in 2023-24, supported by strong domestic drivers and robust capex momentum of the government," Dinesh said. He said the government's structural reform agenda has enabled the country to become the highest growi

Curb your enthusiasm

The detail of the GDP data also throws up some inconsistencies, curbing one's enthusiasm from the fear of future data revisions

Shouldn't return to old pension system with same formula: C Rangarajan

Private investment needs to pick up if India's economic growth has to be sustained at 6-7%, says former RBI governor

Economic, demographic base driving interest in doing business: Report

When Tim Cook arrived in India earlier this month to open Apple's first physical store in the country, he was welcomed like a hero, media reports said