The structure of each country's GDP was different, with different components driving up growth, even before the pandemic
Private consumption continues to remain weak
The GDP is widely expected to grow at a faster pace due to the base effect in 2021-22
India's GDP will rise by USD 406 billion by 2050 and more than 43 million jobs will be created, as the Asia's third-largest economy leaps towards a net-zero target, according to a report
The Nifty50 closed at 18,162, up 170 points, or nearly 1%, extending its year-to-date gains to 30%
Repo rate and the reverse repo rate remain unchanged at 4% and 3.35%
Distorted base of last year's stringent nationwide lockdown obscured devastation of second wave of Covid-19 that came with staggered state-wise curbs in Q1 of current fiscal
Second wave damped hopes of recovery in Q1
India's growth rebound in the first quarter of this fiscal will be the foundation of sustained expansion in successive quarters, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Tuesday
RBI is widely expected to leave its key rates unchanged on Friday and continue with its easy monetary stance
Of the more than half a million women who exited the formal workforce and did not join back, two-thirds were under 35 years of age. By comparison, only a third of men under 35 exited formal employment
A contraction in India's services sector deepened as localized curbs to control the virus spread hurt consumer demand and business activity
India's haphazard foray into industrial policy is going to fail, just as "Make in India" did
We need to promote indigenous industry and indigenous knowledge and translate them into industrial production, says Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal
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One measure is the change in gross domestic product (GDP). The pandemic chipped away 7.3 per cent of India's real GDP in 2020-21
Lower consumption at the bottom of the pyramid will affect growth
Book review of GDP: The World's Most Powerful Formula and Why it Must Change
The economy declined an annualised 3.9% in January-March, not as bad as the preliminary reading of an annualised 5.1% contraction
Repo rate stays at 4%, stance accommodative; Central bank to buy Rs 1.2 trillion of bonds in Q2