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Hard path to growth: How the next 6 months look for India's economy

The signals for the economy are not positive: overall demand is yet to pick up; the share of total exports in India's GDP is declining, and industrial output pattern remains worrying

Accessing foreign funds

Govt should not ignore fundamental weaknesses

Towards transparency

Disclosure of extra-budgetary borrowings is a prudent move

Crowding out and opening up

Tied spending, revenue crunch mean the finance minister did the best she could on financing the deficit

Brace for volatility as Budget hangover, coronavirus keeps markets on edge

Most experts have now turned cautious on the road ahead for the stock market - at least in the short-to-medium term - as they expect the economy to slow even further

Budget 2020: Has FM Sitharaman done enough to address the slowdown?

It appears to incentivise consumption but also puts hurdles in its path

Budget 2020: Govt to borrow Rs 8.1 trillion from the market in FY21

Mobilisation till December was Rs 1.2 trillion, half of the FY20 target of Rs 2.4 trillion

Economic growth likely to get a boost of 0.7 percentage points in FY20

According to advance estimates, the economy is projected to grow by 5% in the current fiscal year, which would be an 11-year low

Budget 2020: Tax revenue estimate for FY20 likely to be slashed 4-6%

This will be the second time that the projection will be changed for the current fiscal year

Ind-Ra expects states fiscal deficit to touch 3% of GDP in FY21

Ind-Ra's Devendra Pant said while bigger states are better placed to manage fiscal shocks, states which see fiscal deficit at 4% or more may see deterioration

China and the West race to the top

Macroeconomic stability and efficient markets, which lie at the heart of neoclassical economic thinking, remain essential conditions for growth

What can macro policy do?

Long-term structural reforms are required, such as a uniform GST and direct tax rates

Debt investors face a tax maze in India

While debt is an important source of funds for the Indian economy, investors - especially foreign investors - have to navigate through various complexities associated with taxation of debt investment

It is all about global risk mitigation

Anemic condition, or slowing down factors of different nature, continue to prevail in all major economies

Over-estimation of GDP numbers in Budget disturb fiscal calculations

Tax receipts are expected to fall by Rs 2.5 trillion which may also be caused by the corporation tax and GST rate cuts

The new axis of infrastructure

India's massive infrastructure build-out targets need an all-hands-on-deck effort

Glitter versus gold in policy-making

Three years of slowing growth hold two important lessons for the Budget

India's public spending on old-age pensions a mere 1% of GDP: Study

India, Indonesia and South Korea are among the countries with the highest share of people who wish to continue working after the retirement

FMCG recovery likely in 2020; Nielsen, CRISIL predict double-digit growth

According to Nielsen's estimates, India's Rs 4 trillion FMCG market is expected to grow by 10% in calendar year 2020 (CY20)

Some stability, but risks remain

With destocking over, growth is stabilising but its revival faces several pro-cyclical headwinds