The optimism surrounding the Indian economy has gone up considerably in recent times. But, is all this optimism warranted, especially when we consider India's economic prospects in the medium term?
The economy is yet to reach pre-pandemic level on many fronts, fiscal deficit and debt-to-GDP ratio remain pain points; however, key reforms could work in the country's favour
Survey shows inflation to soften further
RBI retained the GDP forecast for the current financial year at 9.5 per cent and flagged semiconductor shortages, elevated commodity prices and potential global market volatility as downside risks
A day ahead of policy review, it expects RBI to hold policy rates during FY22
Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian on Wednesday said India will clock over 7 per cent annual growth during this decade on the back of strong economic fundamentals
Economic recovery: GDP at constant prices during Q1 of FY22 was still 9.2 per cent lower than in Q1 of 2019-20, a pre-Covid period. But economists expect GDP to hit the pre-pandemic level by Q3FY22
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday revised down India's economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 10 per cent, from 11 per cent predicted earlier
India is expected to post strong economic growth in the coming quarters, even as inflation, led by food prices, is likely to remain elevated, S&P Global Ratings said on Wednesday. The economy is expected to clock 9.5 per cent growth in the current fiscal year, followed by 7 per cent expansion in the next year, it said, adding high nominal GDP growth would be important for ensuring fiscal consolidation going forward. "Given India's weak fiscal settings and high stock of debt around 90 per cent of GDP, the nominal GDP growth is going to be very important to prevent any further erosion of fiscal settings in the country and to enable some degree of fiscal consolidation going forward," S&P Global Ratings Director (Sovereign) Andrew Wood said. He said the fiscal deficit would remain elevated over the next two years but debt/GDP ratio is expected to stabilise or flatten out. Wood further said India's external position has strengthened in the context of the pandemic and India has been
Economic recovery is taking place: you can argue over its pace but denying it altogether is being wilfully blind.
'The decline and the subsequent recovery was not reflecting anything about the fundamentals of the economy. It is only reflecting the economic restrictions that were placed or removed', said CEA
An economy that performs well below potential for too long will suffer a permanent loss, writes Andy Mukherjee.
Q1 GDP data: India's economic growth closer to UK's
India's growth rebound in the first quarter of this fiscal will be the foundation of sustained expansion in successive quarters, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Tuesday
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Bharti Airtel (up 6.7 per cent) was the biggest gainer on the Sensex today, followed by Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, TCS, Titan, and Tech Mahindra
The intensity of the second wave of Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the subsequent lockdowns across almost all states disrupted the contact intensive services again in Q1
Reuters poll of 41 economists confirmed gross home product rose 20.0% in the three-month interval, in contrast with a record contraction of 24.4% in the identical quarter a year earlier
The country's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at around 18.5 per cent with an upward bias in the first quarter of the current financial year, according to SBI research report Ecowrap
In June, the rating agency had said that the GDP would grow by 9.6 per cent if the country is able to vaccinate its entire adult population by December 31 this year