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India's new willingness to binge on debt may leave economy far less secure

Once the pandemic retreats, India might end up with a debt-to-GDP ratio north of 90 per cent, compared to the low seventies at present

India's fiscal targets higher; consolidation slower than expected: Fitch

The wider deficits and more gradual pace of consolidation will lift India's government debt

India Inc's profit contribution to GDP at two-decade low, shows data

The earnings per share (EPS) for Nifty companies was Rs 416 in FY17.

Any new tax in budget could hurt India's recovery, warn economists

A so-called Covid cess shouldn't be announced because the economy is still normalising after a strict and vast lockdown, Sonal Varma, an economist at Nomura Holdings, said on Thursday

Vital lessons from pandemic for a nation clawing back on to the growth path

While Centre-state cooperation on lockdown and vaccine roll-out are commendable, the fractious GST council meet and states not allowing in CBI could prove to be a spanner

Farming share in GDP may rise about 18% in FY21, but will the tiller gain?

Provisional data shows that inflation impact in 2020-21 is expected to be about 3.9%, down from 7.4% in 2019-20

Will Covid-19 impact on informal sector disrupt GDP estimates in FY21?

While the informal sector has been affected more severely than the formal, it is also resilient and can revive quickly, say experts

How key economic estimates are likely to pan out in Budget 2021-22

Business Standard presents two scenarios on revenues, expenditure and fiscal deficit, based on two different assumptions of the country's GDP the next financial year

No abrupt fiscal correction must be attempted in 2021-22: TN to Sitharaman

Wants borrowing limit of states to be raised to 5%, extension of period under tax loss carry forward, among other things

Tightening revenue deficit doesn't seem the right course: NIPFP director

For the next year, a high buoyancy and a positive growth should increase fiscal space, says Chakraborty

Economic activity continues on normalisation, FY21 GDP to contract 6.7%

Economic activity continued with its pace of normalisation and the festivities helped narrow the deficits as compared to the year-ago period in December, a Japanese brokerage said on Wednesday.

Covid slump may cause 7.7% GDP contraction in FY21: First Advance Estimate

The government's First Advance Estimate suggests the worst performance ever for the Indian economy in the wake of the slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Economy to recover in 2021, but output may take another year to regain loss

While inflation is likely to moderate, fiscal deficit is clearly the pain point

Govt may have to apply brakes on existing fiscal consolidation road map

Centre may have to amend FRBM Act once again to achieve this, which isn't an issue as such an amendment does not require a two-third or three-fourth majority

FM stresses on more investments in biotech, pharma R&D ahead of budget

Says India has capacity to produce Covid vaccines for itself and other countries

Icra narrows its GDP decline forecast for FY21 to 7.8% from 11% earlier

Agency had forecast a small contraction of one per cent during Q3

SBI Research ups projections for economy, narrows GDP contraction to 7.4%

Deloitte says recovery depends on vaccine, spread of Covid cases

Top headlines: SBI raises FY21 GDP estimate, SC proposes govt-farmer panel

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Macro situation uncertain, economy to contract by 10% in FY21: Pronab Sen

Sen said quarterly GDP numbers are still derived from some corporate accounts and corporates have not fared as badly as the non-corporate sector

With little room left for govt capex, economy looks at private investments

However, low demand in the economy has been arresting fresh investments, and experts tracking India Inc have not seen any major announcement in this zone