Indian economy to grow at 11.5% in 2021, says IMF, revises contraction in 2020 to 8%

In October 2020, the IMF had projected India’s economy to contract by 10.3%.

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· Jan 26, 2021 · 10:13 pm

Worst is over for Indian economy, ‘within striking distance’ of positive growth, says RBI

The central bank said that GDP growth was likely to enter positive territory in the third quarter.

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· Jan 21, 2021 · 07:05 pm

India to replace UK as fifth-biggest economy in 2025, become third-largest by 2030: Report

The Centre for Economics and Business Research said that the coronavirus crisis had been a ‘human and an economic catastrophe’ for India.

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· Dec 26, 2020 · 09:18 pm

‘Hope GDP returns to positive territory in next quarter,’ says Amit Shah

India’s economy entered into technical recession for the first time ever after GDP in the second quarter contracted by 7.5%.

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· Nov 30, 2020 · 05:38 pm

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman predicts GDP to be ‘negative or near-zero’ in current fiscal

Sitharaman said that with the lockdown restrictions being eased, macroeconomic indicators are showing signs of revival.

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· Oct 27, 2020 · 06:11 pm

India’s per capita GDP to slide below Bangladesh, predicts IMF

With these projections, India will be the third-poorest country in South Asia.

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· Oct 14, 2020 · 11:21 am

India’s GDP will decline by 9.6% in 2020-’21, says World Bank

South Asia will register a negative growth rate of 7.7%, the World Bank said.

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· Oct 08, 2020 · 04:56 pm

Podcast: How to regulate India’s economy to enable growth

What should role should the state play in building regulatory institutions and mediating the relationship between capital and labour?

Centre for Policy Research

· Aug 17, 2020 · 05:30 pm

India’s economic growth: Don’t just tell me the size of the pie – tell me the measure of my slice

India must follow the example of the UK, Australia and the Netherlands in publishing the data on economic inequality and wellbeing.

Ashish Khetan

· Jun 02, 2020 · 11:30 am

Indian economy grew at just 3.1% in January-March quarter, the slowest in 11 years

Output of eight core industries, meanwhile, declined by a whopping 38.1% in April, as against 9% in March.

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· May 29, 2020 · 06:02 pm

India’s industrial production grew 4.5% in February – highest in seven months

The growth in industrial output was led by mining, manufacturing activity and power generation.

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· Apr 09, 2020 · 07:42 pm

Budget 2020: Long on rhetoric, short on substance

With government coffers shrinking, where is the money to lead economic expansion going to come from?

Mohan Guruswamy

· Feb 02, 2020 · 06:30 am