Should India ramp up its ambition to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, it could boost GDP by 7.3 per cent (USD 470 billion) and create almost 20 million additional jobs by 2032, a new research shows. Achieving net zero emissions by 2070 could boost India's economy by as much as 4.7 per cent above the projected baseline growth in GDP terms by 2036 worth a total of USD 371 billion, illustrates modelling and research commissioned by the High-level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero. Launched in May, the commission has four members -- former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, former vice chairman of Niti Aayog Arvind Panagariya, and global head and director of Climate Business, International Finance Corporation, Vivek Pathak. The commission launched the "Getting India to Net Zero" report on Friday, which said India achieving net zero by 2070 would boost annual GDP by up to 4.7 per cent by 2036. Net zero will also bri
Goldman Sachs lowered its projection for China's gross domestic product growth to 3% from 3.3%, citing weaker-than-expected July economic data as well as near-term energy constraints
At the MPC's estimate of 16.2%, the economy would have grown 6.1% over the corresponding quarter of 2019-20
Analysts at Morgan Stanley expect India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to average 7 per cent in 2022-23. The Indian economy, they said, is set for its best run in over a decade.
It sees downside risks emanating from a weaker than expected global growth trend, supply-side-driven commodity price shock and faster than warranted tightening of financial conditions
India is likely to lead the region with 7.3 per cent growth in 2022-23 after the GDP grew 8.7 per cent in 2021-22, said the rating agency
Despite the government's recent fiscal steps to counter inflation, Nomura believes, there are upside risks to inflation from the continued pass-through of higher input costs
Performance comes on the back of 48% YoY growth in bottomline. GDP also expanded 19.5% in FY22 after contracting in FY21 due to Covid-19 disruptions
India's forex reserves, at $596 billion in the week ended June 10, equivalent to less than 10 months of imports projected for 2022-23
Revenue dept to take up measures to boost tax-to-GDP ratio to 15-20%
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The government has pegged the combined fiscal shortfall at 9.8 per cent of which the central deficit is seen at 6.4 per cent (down from 6.7 per cent in FY22) and states' at 3.4 per cent for FY23.
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The IMF had cut India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for 2022 to 8.2 per cent from 9 per cent in its World Economic Outlook report in April
Soaring prices and the subsequent hit to consumer spending and investments are likely to further dampen India's economy, economists said
Projections by economists range widely, from 2.7% to 5.5%, but most, however, agree that the economy was on a steady footing in Q4FY22
SBI's research report Ecowrap, in its latest edition, projected India's GDP growth for FY22 to be at 8.2-8.5%
Price stability is a necessary precondition for strong and sustainable growth, it adds
While the RBI's monetary policy committee kept rates steady in its recent policy review in April, UBS expects the Indian central bank to hike rates starting June 2022
The comparative numbers spell bad news for the world rather than any good news for India, whose growth forecasts are getting tempered even as the inflation picture is getting worse, writes T N Ninan