Lays foundation for even better performance in coming quarters, opine experts
ASI and Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises show that the combined share of manufacturing GVA in GDP stands at less than 10 per cent
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The GDP growth for the current financial year could be within striking distance of 8 per cent, a study by the State Bank of India (SBI) said on Friday, a day after India posted an 8.4 per cent growth in the December quarter, and revised upwards the estimates for the preceding two quarters. "The third quarter GDP numbers jolted the psyche and cognitive framework of most in markets, while sweeping some by a pleasant surprise. Clearly, right policy prisms and perspectives can trump irrational expectations bordering fault lines," SBI said in its research report 'Ecowrap'. It noted that defying all estimates, the economy grew 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2023-24 after exhibiting more than 8 per cent growth in the preceding two quarters. The buoyancy in indirect tax mop-up (32 per cent year-on-year growth), gap between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Value Added (GVA) growth widened. "For fiscal 2023-24 GDP growth is expected to increase 7.6 per cent and GVA growth by 6.9
Around 78 per cent of the respondents surveyed said that they had either implemented GenAI in at least one use case or had plans to pilot it over the next 12 months
This is because increasing agricultural output without investing in processing facilities can harm farmers' earnings and cause rural distress
Business Standard interviewed former Chief Statisticians Pronab Sen and T C A Anant and former Acting Chairman of National Statistical Commission P C Mohanan, to seek their views
Various analysts that Business Standard spoke to put GDP growth in the range of 7 to 8.5 per cent for Q1 of FY24
Absence of updated numbers raises some questions on non-crop estimates
While GDP measures the total value of products and services a country manufactures or delivers, GVA measures the value added to product in order to enhance their worth
13.5% expansion in June QTR despite low base; GVA at basic prices up 12.7%
With FY22 starting on a somber note and sporadic lockdowns in Maharashtra and some other states, CARE Ratings believes the overall production and consumption would be affected
The disconcertingly sharp new wave of Covid-19 cases has reignited uncertainty regarding the economic outlook in the immediate term
While many contemporary economists seem to have lost interest in economic history altogether, those born before 1980 have turned most unbecomingly partisan
Experts said this did not indicate that there was a turnaround in manufacturing, as it continued to contract in volume terms
Recent performance of the sector points to underlying inertia, which has translated into greater dependence on imports to meet growing domestic demand
For the 'electricity, gas, water supply and other utility services' sector, GVA grew by 3.6 per cent against 8.7 per cent
The IMF projected the growth rate at 7% for FY20, while the World Bank saw it at 7.5%
Growth in livestock, forestry and fishing also seems to have played a big role in pushing the growth in the first quarter of 2018-19
This rise in the wage share, in the face of limited employment growth, implies that wages per worker are rising