Despite revising the growth estimates for 2024 downward by 0.5 percentage points, the report projects a rebound in 2025, with a GDP growth projection of 6.6 per cent
Construction, manufacturing likely key drivers; weak consumption growth among major concerns
Among companies, the Power Grid will see a minimal impact since most of its new assets are being built via competitive bidding
According to a statement, the growth in real GDP during 2023-24 is estimated at 7.3 per cent compared to 7.2 per cent in 2022-23
S&P expects India, currently the world's fifth-largest economy, to grow at 6.4% this fiscal and estimates growth will pick up to 7% by fiscal 2027
Interim budget likely to prioritise fiscal consolidation over populist spending, anticipating fiscal deficit at 4.5% of GDP by FY26
On inflation, the Ind-Ra report said it expects retail inflation to cool off to 5.1 per cent and 4.7 per cent, respectively, in the third and fourth quarter of this fiscal, respectively
The medium-term outlook for the UK economy is far more optimistic than these numbers suggest," Hunt said in a statement
Lower disinvestment receipts are likely to be offset by sharp gains in non-tax revenues, mainly attributable to higher dividends from the Reserve Bank and other financial institutions
Peter Herweck, chief executive officer (CEO), spoke to Amritha Pillay about India outpacing global growth, labour-related challenges, and growth drivers
The RBI bulletin released on Wednesday said that global growth continues to remain fragile and may slow down further in 2024
Why is the ratio low? What could be the underlying causes?
The deficit had widened to a record $31.5 billion in October, as festival demand led to a sharp increase in the import of gold and silver
The share of MSMEs in the country's total output, in terms of gross value added, touched 31 per cent in 2018-19 before declining during the pandemic
Mishra also said that the Reserve Bank is unlikely to cut its repo rate through the calendar year 2024 due to volatile food inflation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India's GDP growth of 7.7 per cent in the first six months of the current fiscal year is a reflection of the country's strengthening economy and the transformative reforms carried out in the last 10 years. Addressing the 'Infinity Forum 2.0' conference at the GIFT City here via video link, Modi said his government wants to turn the Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City into a global nerve centre of the new age global financial and technology services. "In the first six months of this financial year, India has achieved a GDP growth of 7.7 per cent...Today, the entire world has pinned its hopes on India, and this did not happen just on its own. This is a reflection of India's strengthening economy and also the transformative reforms carried out in the last 10 years," Modi said in his inaugural address. India is one of the fastest growing fintech markets in the world today and the GIFT International Financial Services Centre (IFSC)
The upward revision in GDP growth forecast by the RBI is "very well placed" with high frequency indicators in October and November showing good momentum, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth said on Friday. "It is quite obvious that growth that India has achieved in the first half and then in two months (October, November), where the high frequency indicators are showing a good momentum... this upward revision is very well placed," he told reporters. The RBI in its bi-monthly policy review revised upwards growth projection for current fiscal to 7 per cent, from 6.5 per cent earlier. The Indian economy grew 7.8 per cent and 7.6 per cent in the June and September quarters of this financial year, taking the first half growth to 7.7 per cent.
The central bank raised the GDP growth forecast for FY24 to 7% from 6.5%
RBI MPC: Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee decides to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5% and also keeps the FY24 inflation forecast unchanged at 5.4%
If safety standards are raised carefully, not only will the public become safer, but the GDP can also grow a little faster