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IMF Report On Indian Economy

Economic Survey 2025 suggests deregulation as a trigger for higher growth

We broadly concur with the Survey's assessment of a pick-up in rural demand on the back of improved crop output, disinflation, and an uptick in domestic investment activity

Updated On: 31 Jan 2025 | 4:47 PM IST

India largest growing economy: IMF lists 3 focus areas for growth reforms

IMF Asia Pacific Department Director Krishna Srinivasan suggested that India's reform priorities should be in three areas: Jobs, existing trade barriers, and infrastructure sector

Updated On: 23 Oct 2024 | 1:55 PM IST

Apex capex: How is govt capital expenditure driving India's growth

Centre and states capex now at Rs 19 trillion, cornered by infra

Updated On: 13 May 2024 | 4:56 PM IST

Sri Lanka approves IMF-backed law to seize any proceeds from crimes

The Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) will allow for the judicial freezing and forfeiture of proceeds of crime and establishes a new authority to manage such seized assets

Updated On: 26 Apr 2024 | 2:31 PM IST

Central banks globally struggle to keep up with US Fed's rate cut timeline

IMF officials urged Asian central banks to stick to their own knitting and avoid the temptation to lash their policy decisions too closely to anticipated moves by the Fed

Updated On: 19 Apr 2024 | 11:22 AM IST

IMF praises India for maintaining fiscal discipline in election year

For the demographic dividend to be reaped, India has to invest a lot in education and health

Updated On: 19 Apr 2024 | 11:07 AM IST

Our economy doing well compared to global growth: India to World Bank

Despite a challenging global scenario, India's economy has shown robust growth over the past year backed by sustained consumption and investment demand, a top Indian official told members of a World Bank committee here. The GDP growth estimate for the fiscal, which has been revised upwards from 7.3 per cent to 7.6 per cent in the second advance estimates, highlights the enduring strength and resilience of the Indian economy, India's Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth said while addressing the Development Committee meeting here on Thursday. India grew above 8 per cent for three consecutive quarters of FY24, reaffirming its position as a standout performer amidst sluggish global growth trends, Seth said. He said that similar sentiments have been echoed by various agencies who have revised India's fiscal 24 growth estimate closer to 8 per cent. India's proactive stance on reform and investment in sustainable growth avenues sets a benchmark for emerging economies. The Indian delegati

Updated On: 19 Apr 2024 | 9:56 AM IST

India's economy doing good, efforts needed to sustain it: Sanjeev Sanyal

India's economy grew by better-than-expected 8.4 per cent in the final three months of 2023 -- the fastest pace in one-and-half years

Updated On: 11 Apr 2024 | 12:38 PM IST

BS Manthan: India has long road ahead in green energy targets, say experts

Country's ambition of rapid economic growth must balance with its climate change commitments, they say at Business Standard summit

Updated On: 28 Mar 2024 | 2:31 PM IST

Indian economy can grow at 8% till 2047, reforms are key: IMF's Subramanian

Indian economy can grow at 8 per cent till 2047, if the country can redouble the good policies that it has implemented over the last 10 years and accelerate reforms, India's executive director at International Monetary Fund (IMF) Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian said on Thursday. Subramanian further said that clearly 8 per cent growth target is ambitious, because India has not grown consistently at 8 per cent before, but it is achievable. "So, the basic idea is that with the kind of growth that India has registered in the last 10 years, if we can redouble the good policies that we have implemented over the last 10 years and accelerate the reforms, then India can grow at 8 per cent from here on till 2047," he said at the Times Now Summit. India's economy grew at better-than-expected 8.4 per cent in the final three months of 2023, logging the fastest pace in the past one-and-a-half years. The growth rate in October-December helped take the estimate for the current fiscal to 7.6 per

Updated On: 28 Mar 2024 | 1:55 PM IST

Despite grounds for optimism, India economy is yet to hit high-growth phase

India's macroeconomic stability is impressive compared to many of its peers

Updated On: 15 Mar 2024 | 7:43 AM IST

Highlights of the day: On Fb live, Shiv Sena UBT leader's son shot dead

Latest LIVE: From elections in Pakistan to BJP govt's decision to present a white paper on state of economy during UPA 's ten year rule, catch all the latest updates from around the world here

Updated On: 08 Feb 2024 | 11:16 PM IST

India's Budget announcement on cervical cancer vaccine receives praise

An eminent Indian-American radiation oncologist on Wednesday applauded India's budget announcement for vaccination of girls between nine and 14 against cervical cancer. "The budget's emphasis on preventive programs for cervical cancer is a commendable step towards addressing a critical public health issue in India. The initiative to vaccinate girls aged 9-14 against cervical cancer is particularly praiseworthy, as this disease claims the lives of over 150 women daily in the country," Dr Dattatreyudu Nori told PTI. A recipient of Padma Shri in 2015 for his contributions in the field of medicine, Dr Nori said cervical cancer ranks as the second most common cancer among women in India, with more than 85,000 new cases diagnosed annually and approximately 50,000 deaths reported each year. The incidence of cancer cases is projected to rise from 1.46 million in 2022 to 1.57 million in 2025. This increase is attributed to advancements in cancer diagnostics, improved data capture, and ongoin

Updated On: 08 Feb 2024 | 8:16 AM IST

Indian economy to grow at 6.7% between fiscals 2024 to 2031: CRISIL

The Indian economy is expected to grow at an average rate of 6.7 per cent per annum until the end of the decade, CRISIL said in its latest report. The economy will grow at this rate between the financial years 2024 to 2031, a notch above the pre-pandemic average of 6.6 per cent. According to CRISIL, the key contributor to this trend will be capital. This is a result of the investment-driven strategy of the government when the private sector was shy of making investments. The government increased capital expenditure significantly to support building expenditure and providing interest-free loans to states to bolster their own investment efforts, the report said. CRISIL said that after a robust 7.3 per cent growth this fiscal, there will be moderation to 6.4 per cent in the next financial year. There is also a need to monitor the impact of the escalation of the Middle East conflict on energy and logistics costs, it said. In India, the inflation level of 5.7 per cent in December 202

Updated On: 03 Feb 2024 | 1:32 PM IST

IMF sees heightening prospects for soft landing in Asian economies

With inflationary pressures "receding rapidly," prospects for a soft landing were improving in Asia, he said

Updated On: 31 Jan 2024 | 9:28 AM IST

$5 bn for EV, 20 unicorns women-led: Path of Indian startup boom since 2014

Despite the challenges due to persistent funding winter, Indian startups received $8.4 billion in funds from domestic and global investors in 2023

Updated On: 24 Jan 2024 | 5:46 PM IST

India can become $5 trn economy much before 2028: Hardeep Singh Puri

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday asserted that India can become a five trillion dollar economy much before 2028 and said the country's energy transition needs to be done in an orderly manner to safeguard the interests of its large population. Puri, the minister for petroleum and natural gas as well as housing and urban affairs, said India is aware of its commitments towards sustainability goals and will meet all the targets in time while meeting the requirements of a growing economy. He was speaking at a CII-EY breakfast session on 'accelerating India's energy transition towards sustainable economic growth' on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024. "I don't think we need to wait till 2028 to become a five trillion dollar economy, and if you look at what is happening, it should happen much before 2028," he said while listing various macroeconomic parameters. "I also think that the transition has to be orderly because transition by nature has to ha

Updated On: 16 Jan 2024 | 11:18 PM IST

FinMin clears stance on IMF's report on govt debt, says it has declined

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had warned in its report that India's general government debt could exceed 100 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the medium term

Updated On: 22 Dec 2023 | 11:57 PM IST

India will account for 18% of global growth by 2028, to play key role: IMF

India's faster growth compared with China's economic slowdown could see the South Asian nation make a bigger contribution to global growth than its larger rival

Updated On: 20 Oct 2023 | 9:59 AM IST

India likely to meet 5.9% fiscal deficit target in FY24, says IMF

Earlier, this month, India hiked the cooking gas subsidy for low income households to 300 rupees per cylinder from 200 rupees announced in August

Updated On: 19 Oct 2023 | 11:17 PM IST