The BJP on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi of "spreading a market of pessimism, hate and distrust" against India's development journey as it cited the robust 7.2 per cent annual economic growth of the country to target the Congress leader. Addressing a press conference, BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Gandhi's claim of spreading the message of love amid alleged hatred is merely an excuse for him as his priority is to spread hate against India's development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. "The GDP figure has exposed the lies of your market of hate," he said, attacking the former Congress president. Prasad cited an interaction between Gandhi and former RBI governor, an apparent reference to Raghuram Rajan, to note that the opposition leader had claimed that India's exports were slowing down and the country would be lucky to have five per cent growth. "Every prediction of the sponsored expert has proved wrong," he claimed, dubbing Gandhi a
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The economy also grew at a better-than-expected 7.2% for fiscal 2023
The detail of the GDP data also throws up some inconsistencies, curbing one's enthusiasm from the fear of future data revisions
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Growth in services and manufacturing and private investment rebound likely to have helped economy in Q4
Despite having the fastest growth, India experienced a contraction in FY21, and growth is expected to slow down during the current fiscal year
PSBs more vulnerable to shocks than private banks
The report also said the inflation in India is likely to be below 5 per cent in the second quarter of calendar year 2024
According to data available with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Uttar Pradesh, under the leadership of CM Yogi Adityanath, expects to be the top performer
CRISIL said that the risks to inflation are 'tilted upward' due to the predictions of El Nino over the next couple of months
The additional spending demands are led by fertiliser subsidy, defence pensions, allocation for Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) and GST compensation to states and UTs
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday expressed hope that the GDP growth for the current financial year will exceed the projected 7 per cent in view of the expected revision of high frequency data. On Tuesday, the second advance estimate released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) maintained the growth projection of 7 per cent as was projected in the first advance estimate which was released in January. "Given the high frequency indicators and the pace at which they are recovering, I do believe that the current year's (GDP numbers)... are more likely to (be) revised upward than downward," he said here. Real GDP or GDP at Constant (2011-12) Prices in the year 2022-23 is estimated at Rs 159.71 lakh crore as against the first revised estimate of GDP for the year 2021-22 of Rs 149.26 lakh crore. The growth in real GDP during 2022-23 is estimated at 7 per cent as compared to 9.1 per cent in 2021-22, the NSO had said. The growth slowed to 4.4 per cent in the ...
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Manufacturing output shrinks for second straight quarter
FY23 quarterly, annual estimates may be revised on Tuesday
Acuite Ratings in a report maintaining the trade deficit at $106 billion or 3.1 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) for FY23
The responsible revenue and expenditure projections are to be lauded, but efforts on trade and fiscal targets fall short
States may have got more through tax transfer, but the composition of the PSU capital outlay causes concern