India's inability to go about doing business during the lockdown to contain the coronavirus had a profound impact on the economy
The National Statistical Office on Thursday estimated nominal GDP at Rs 194.8 trillion - a 4.2 per cent contraction over the previous fiscal year
Within services, financial, real estate and professional services are expected to perform well
Indian economy will need careful policy handling
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In order to obtain 7 per cent growth, among other things, India has to tackle the stagnation in exports and the next Budget can make a beginning
Advance Estimates have accurately projected the real GDP growth rate in three of the past 12 years
This comes days ahead of the advance estimates for gross domestic product (GDP) growth for FY21
The GDP contracted an unprecedented 23.9 per cent in the first quarter and came in better than expected 7.5 per cent in the second quarter
While inflation is likely to moderate, fiscal deficit is clearly the pain point
Auto, pharma, IT, chemicals among sectors with significant reliance on UK and European nations with Tata Motors, Motherson Sumi, Tata Steel, TCS, Wipro, Infosys and Tech M among key names
Ind-Ra projections are close to the RBI's expectation of 7.5 per cent GDP growth rate in the current financial year
Weekly estimates for the first three weeks of December indicate a likely marginal improvement in aggregate employment compared to November
The report also says that it would take seven quarters from the fourth quarter of FY21 for GDP to reach the pre-pandemic level in nominal terms
S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday raised India's growth projection for the current fiscal to (-) 7.7 per cent from (-) 9 per cent estimated earlier on rising demand and falling COVID infection rates. "Rising demand and falling infection rates have tempered our expectation of COVID's hit on the Indian economy. S&P Global Ratings has revised real GDP growth to negative 7.7 per cent for the year ending March 2021, from negative 9 per cent previously," S&P said in a statement. The US-based rating agency said its revision in growth forecast reflects a faster-than-expected recovery in the quarter through September. For the next fiscal, it projected India's growth to rebound to 10 per cent. India's gross domestic product fell 7.5 per cent in the July-September quarter, against a contraction of 23.9 per cent in the April-June quarter. S&P said India is learning to live with the virus, even though the pandemic is far from defeated and reported cases have fallen by more than half ...
Kant further added that the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for 10 key sectors, which the government announced last month, should spur growth in manufacturing in a big way
The economic recovery thus far has vindicated the government's approach to minimising the impact of the pandemic
Nomura has turned positive on India's cyclical outlook for 2021, and believes the country is on the cusp of a cyclical recovery
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