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Coronavirus likely to impact India's March-qtr GDP growth by 0.2%: Report

Two cases tested positive for the coronavirus infection in India on Monday, after the initial set of three cases in Kerala were successfully treated

FPIs invest Rs 6,554 cr in markets in February over weak data, coronavirus

On a positive note, the data, however, showed that FPIs have been net buyers in the Indian markets since September 2019

Q3 GDP growth to be below 5%, but better than Q2, say economists

Govt spending would be a key driver of mild improvement in GDP growth, says ICRA

Ambitious $5-trillion economy target sounds too idealistic: Niti official

Dispelling concerns over the slowdown, Dalmia said that tough times don't last but tough nations do

Coronavirus outbreak to have limited impact on India, says RBI Governor

Only a couple of sectors in India are likely to see some disruptions but alternatives are being explored to overcome those issues, he said

Slow economy, weak sentiment to continue weighing on auto sales: Fitch

Vehicle sales have been hampered by weak consumer sentiment and still-weak availability of financing following tighter liquidity at non-banking lenders since the middle of 2018

Budget 2020 was disappointing for lacking vision, says Ashima Goyal

However, the finance minister has achieved a "balancing act" through her moves, Goyal said

S&P affirms India's rating at 'BBB-', fiscal position remains precarious

The rating agency sees growth recovery over two to three years

India's growth set to bounce back as slump bottoms out: Govt adviser

"Corporate tax reductions, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and the banking sector reforms have helped and will help propel growth further," Sanjeev Sanyal, principal economic adviser to govt, said

India's fiscal gap one of the highest among major emerging markets

Combined expenditure of central and state governments exceeded revenues by around 7.5% of GDP in 2019

Budget meets slowdown: Govt's challenge on Feb 1 is to revive demand

What the Budget does to revive demand will determine if the economy can shrug off slowdown and regain momentum.

Moody's says nominal GDP growth projections in Budget 2020 appear ambitious

'These forecasts appear ambitious given the combination of structural and cyclical challenges that the Indian economy faces'

We have reprioritised spending to be more productive: Expenditure Secretary

If you look at the growth target of 10 per cent nominal GDP, what we expect is something like 6-6.5 per cent real GDP growth, and inflation of 3.5-4 per cent

Budget 2020: 10% GDP growth a conservative estimate, says Atanu Chakraborty

With a conservative lens, these are the numbers that looked plausible, Chakraborty said

Crowding out and opening up

Tied spending, revenue crunch mean the finance minister did the best she could on financing the deficit

Budget 2020 subsidy burden looks benign due to off-budget borrowing

Fertiliser subsidy down, food subsidy up

Budget consistent with fiscal strategy; aimed at boosting demand

The fiscal multiplied impact of higher government consumption spending is coupled with signal to household sector to spend more

Fiscal deficit way past 3.5% goal if off-budget borrowings are factored in

Adding these borrowings, amounting to Rs 1.86 trn, to the Rs 7.96 trn projected fiscal deficit would take the actual deficit to 4.37% of GDP, and not the official 3.5% estimate

India's growth, fiscal deficit projections challenging to meet: Moody's

Nirmala Sitharaman, set a fiscal deficit target of 3.5% of GDP for the year ending March 2021 and said it expected nominal GDP of 10%

Govt should lean on growth instead of focusing on fiscal deficit: CEA

It is time to focus on growth and, therefore, cutting expenditure is not an option, probably because at a time like this, growth needs to be taken care of, he added