India has the potential to replace Britain as the fifth-largest economy by next year: Arun Jaitley

However, rising international crude oil prices and a global trade war may pose challenges for economic growth, the finance minister warned in a Facebook post.

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· Jul 13, 2018 · 06:18 pm

India must simplify, streamline GST to sustain high growth rate, says IMF

The other steps suggested by the world body include cleaning up the banking sector and introducing reforms in key markets.

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· Jun 29, 2018 · 01:41 pm

India’s GDP growth rises from 7% to 7.7% in last quarter of 2017-’18

The government estimated a 6.7% growth in GDP in the financial year 2017-’18.

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· May 31, 2018 · 06:20 pm

Credit rating agency Moody’s reduces India’s GDP growth forecast from 7.5% to 7.3%

The firm said that even though the economy was recovering, higher oil prices and tighter financial conditions would slow down the growth rate.

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· May 30, 2018 · 09:04 pm

International Monetary Fund retains its 7.4% GDP growth forecast for India

The economy will recover from the impact of demonetisation and the introduction of Goods and Services Tax, the world body said.

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· May 10, 2018 · 01:40 pm

India’s economy expected to grow at 7.3% this financial year, says market research firm

The report said the shock to the economy from demonetisation and GST has subsided.

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· May 02, 2018 · 09:01 pm

Is it true India’s income growth beat the world average only when Nehru-Gandhis were not in power?

Not really.

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· Mar 13, 2018 · 07:30 am

India’s GDP growth rises from 6.3% to 7.2% in the third quarter of 2017

The government also revised its growth forecast for the 2017-’18 financial year to 6.6% from 6.5%.

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· Feb 28, 2018 · 05:50 pm

India’s core sector grows by 6.8% in November 2017, the highest this financial year

Cement and steel were the biggest drivers of growth.

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· Jan 01, 2018 · 09:31 pm

India could become a $7-trillion economy by 2030, says NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy

At $2 trillion, India is currently the world’s seventh-largest economy, according to the World Economic Forum.

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· Dec 22, 2017 · 06:19 pm

Moody’s upgrades India’s credit rating, says government reforms will boost ‘high growth potential’

The agency called the GST one of the key reforms and said measures such as demonetisation and the Aadhaar had helped push up the rating.

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· Nov 17, 2017 · 09:09 am

India’s economic slowdown: Finance Ministry admits GDP growth could continue to fall

Ministry officials pointed to an IMF forecast which suggested India will only achieve 8% GDP growth in 2022.

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· Oct 24, 2017 · 06:58 pm