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TN economy to be worth $2.6 trn by FY48, needs $111 bn investment: Study

State must focus on industries and urbanisation to meet potential, it says

Getting to grips with logistics cost

As India focuses on reducing the cost, it is important to get the numbers right

Fiscal policy reset

Faster consolidation will require expenditure adjustments

GDP growth will moderate to below 6% in December quarter: ICRA projection

Rating agency ICRA has projected the GDP growth rate to slow down to below 6 per cent in the December quarter, mainly account of sharp fall in kharif crop output, and weak progress in rabi sowing for some crops. india had registered a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 7.6 per cent in the July to September period. The rating agency said the year-on-year growth in ICRA Business Activity Monitor eased for the second consecutive month to a six-month low of 8.1 per cent in December 2023 -- as against 7.9 per cent in December 2022 and 9.6 per cent in November 2023. "This can be attributed to a combination of factors, including easing in momentum of activity after the end of the festive period, tapering of demand for electricity and petrol with the onset of the winter season in North India, as well as unfavourable base effects for some indicators," it said. Despite a moderation in year-on-year growth, the index witnessed a sequential uptick of 1.4 per cent in December 2023, driv

GDP growth in most countries neither sustainable, nor inclusive: WEF study

Most economies are growing in ways that are neither sustainable nor inclusive and are limited in their ability to absorb or generate innovation and minimise their contribution and susceptibility to global shocks, a new report said on Wednesday. The Future of Growth Report released here by the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 called for a new approach to economic growth that balances efficiency with long-term sustainability and equity, examining speed and quality together. High-income economies score high on innovation and inclusion, while lower-income economies on sustainability, said the report that took a holistic look at GDP alongside the quality of growth across 107 economies. Among the lower middle income economies, India and Kenya scored high on sustainability, Jordan on innovativeness; Vietnam on inclusiveness; and the Philippines on resilience. Common challenges preventing a stronger balanced growth performance of this group included technology absorption, lack of .

86% Indian CEOs optimistic about country's economic growth: PwC survey

44% of global business leaders expressed a similar opinion about the economy in their countries or territories

Fitch affirms India's long-term FX rating at 'BBB-' with stable outlook

'India is poised to remain one of the fastest-growing countries globally in the next few years as the robust economic momentum is proving resilient,' the ratings agency said

Real, nominal GDP growth, inflation play out differently this time around

This happened because inflation, as viewed by GDP deflators, is expected to be quite lower than initially projected for first time, contrary to what had happened ahead of 3 previous interim Budgets

Quality workforce, investment in R&D essential to become 'developed nation'

To bolster its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047, India needs to substantially increase the size of its quality workforce and investment in R&D in science and technology, including by the private sector, a top Indian official has said. In an interview with PTI on the sidelines of the PANIIT 2024 meeting in a Maryland suburb of Washington DC, Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, said that one of the key challenges that India has is shortage of trained manpower in R&D sector and "that requires to be enhanced substantially. Given the size and scale of our country, we need a large number of quality R&D workforce to drive the science and technology landscape of the country, he said. Another thing is that we need substantial investment in the R&D sector as a percentage of our GDP, which has been really much lower than the world average, Karandikar said in response to a question. India has taken the initiative to set up a very ...

Fiscal deficit at 5.2-5.4% in interim Budget 2024-25: Goldman Sachs

While income taxes and corporate taxes are expected to grow at around 15 per cent in FY25, the government is likely to lower its target for disinvestment in the next fiscal year

India to be $5 trn economy by FY28, to reach $30 trn by 2047: FM Sitharaman

India will become the third largest economy by 2027-28, with a GDP of over USD 5 trillion, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. Even going by conservative estimates, the size of the Indian economy will be USD 30 trillion by 2047, she noted. "It is possible that we will be the third largest economy by 2027-28, and our GDP will cross USD 5 trillion by that time. By 2047, it is a conservative estimate that we will reach at least USD 30 trillion in terms of economy," Sitharaman said at the Vibrant Gujarat summit. India, with a GDP of roughly USD 3.4 trillion, is currently the fifth largest economy in the world, after the US, China, Japan and Germany. Indian economy is projected to grow by 7.3 per cent in the current fiscal, higher than 7.2 per cent in 2022-23. Sitharaman said India has received USD 919 billion in foreign direct investment in 23 years till 2023. Of this, 65 per cent, or USD 595 billion, came in the last 8-9 years of the Narendra Modi government. Refe

US trade deficit narrows in Nov due to decline in imports: Report

The trade deficit contracted 2.0% to $63.2 billion, then Commerce Department's Census Bureau said

Jobs, jobs, jobs

India needs to optimise capital allocation for enhanced employment opportunities

Markets in India's decade

Have the markets already played out their dynamics before the economy has even properly taken off?

Interim Budget 2024-25 likely to set nominal GDP growth at 10-10.5%

Govt may finalise FY25 Interim Budget assumption this week

Growth adjustments

Weak consumption demand is a risk

GDP numbers for FY24 show discrepancies of Rs 2.59 trillion: NSO data

Discrepancies in computation of advance estimates of the country's Gross Domestic Product for 2023-24 stood at Rs 2.59 lakh crore as against (-) Rs 3.80 lakh crore in 2022-23 and (-) Rs 4.47 lakh crore in 2021-22, according to National Statistical Office (NSO). On Friday, the NSO released its first advance estimates of national accounts which showed that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or Indian economy will grow at 7.3 per cent in 2023-24, slightly higher than 7.2 per cent in 2022-23. According to data, there were discrepancies of Rs 2.59 lakh crore as against (-) Rs 3.80 lakh crore in 2022-23 and (-) Rs 4.47 lakh crore in 2021-22. Discrepancies in the statistical GDP data refer to the difference in national income under production method and expenditure method. According to experts, there will always be some discrepancies in national accounts because of delay in reporting of information by various agencies including state governments. About the high level of discrepancies in th

GDP growth data suggests a robust recovery

Economy-wide modelling while facing multiple exogenous shocks is clearly a task that is challenging and risky

Containing fiscal deficit at 5.9%: Low nominal GDP growth a challenge

The Budget had assumed nominal GDP to grow 10.5 per cent during 2023-24, but advance estimates have projected it to expand by just 8.9 per cent

Govt capex leads investment growth, 'skewed consumption' a concern

Sunil Kumar Sinha, principal economist, India Ratings says that a robust growth in GFCF reflects the sustained focus of the government on capital expenditure