Tag: GDP
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Loans to get cheaper as RBI cuts repo rate by 35 bps to 5.4%; GDP growth rate down at 6.9%
This is the fourth reduction in repo rate during 2019.
August 7, 2019 -
India’s GDP to see 8 per cent plus growth from FY 2020-21 onwards: NITI Aayog VC
Kumar attributed the expectation in growth to the structural reforms undertaken by the government of India like the Goods and Services Tax, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
July 22, 2019 -
ADB cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 7 per cent for FY20
Overall, the South Asian outlook remains robust, with growth projected at 6.6% in 2019 and 6.7% in 2020.
July 18, 2019 -
‘It is important to balance excitement with economics’
In a freewheeling chat Karan Tanna, Founder and CEO, Yellow Tie Hospitality LLP and Head of the National Restaurant Authority of India youth committee talks about the hospitality scene and career scopes in Indian restaurant industry.
July 12, 2019 -
Economic Survey 2019: Govt predicts 7% GDP growth for 2019-20; fiscal deficit down to 5.8%
The survey outlines strategic plueprint to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for $5 trillion economy.
July 4, 2019 -
Prognosis & Cure
This is not to forget the death of 116 children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district due to the undiagnosed outbreak of an affliction called acute encephalitis syndrome (AES).
June 27, 2019 -
RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya quits 6 months before his term ends
Acharya submitted a letter to the RBI informing that due to 'unavoidable personal circumstances' he is unable to continue his term beyond July 23, 2019.
June 24, 2019 -
Job-skill mismatch
The Central Statistics Office numbers, which the new finance minister, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman, will have to deal with, show economic growth slowing to a five-year low of 5.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018-19, courtesy a disastrous showing by the agriculture sector and a far-from-happy performance by manufacturing.
June 9, 2019 -
Happiness of the World
The concept of GDP as the criterion of a nation's well-being is under the lens. As the annual UN-backed World Happiness Report, much similar to the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission inspired OECD Better Life Index advances the ‘Beyond GDP‘ agenda, economists grapple with an old paradox about growth and happiness
May 25, 2019 -
Misgivings over MCA-21
Regrettably, the advisory council of the 15th Finance Commission that met recently has not seriously addressed the problem and, hopefully, the new finance commission will remedy this problem.
May 21, 2019 -
“RBI’s vision document on payment systems to spur digital economy”
The RBI has said it will implement the approach outlined in the document during the period 2019 - 2021.
May 19, 2019 -
Not by GDP alone
What prevents change is the three ‘I‘s ~ Ignorance, Ideology and Inertia. Our focus should not be just on GDP itself, but on achieving a growth process that is as inclusive as possible. Amartya Sen has consistently struck with his stand that ‘growth rate is a very daft ~ and a deeply alienated way of judging economic progress’.
May 3, 2019 -
‘Even coalition govt must work for growth’: Anand Mahindra casts vote in Mumbai South
The Indian economy is currently passing through a slow growth phase and the industry is looking up to the new government, which will assume power in June, for some bold reforms.
April 29, 2019 -
India’s GDP growth projection lowered to 7% in 2018-19
"The growth in GDP during 2018-19 is estimated at 7 per cent as compared to the growth rate of 7.2 per cent in 2017-18," said the official data released here on Thursday.
February 28, 2019 -
Fiscal Programme 2019-20 | Fiscal deficit 3.4%, disinvestment target Rs 90,000 crore
The main focus of the ensuing year will be to improve the expenditure efficiency and improve tax collections to ensure that the economy moves back to the fiscal deficit path.
February 1, 2019 -
Day ahead of interim Budget, Govt revises GDP growth at 7.2% for 2017-18
The CSO has also released the Second Revised Estimates of National Income, Consumption Expenditure, Saving and Capital Formation for 2016-17.
February 1, 2019 -
India’s GDP expected to grow at 7.3% in 2018-19
India's GDP is expected to grow at 7.3 per cent in the fiscal year 2018-19, and 7.5 per cent in the following two years, the World Bank has forecast, attributing it to an upswing in consumption and investment.
January 9, 2019