Page 13 - Economic Growth

Economic growth will only move upwards in FY21-22, says Shaktikanta Das

The projection is in line with the estimates in the Union Budget 2021-22 presented in Parliament earlier this week

Explained: Is credit risk aversion constraining economic growth?

Or is it a case of expecting the tail to wag the dog?

Budget 2021 creates investment opportunities, from infra to healthcare

The Union Budget 2021 increased India's healthcare spending by 137 per cent and lifted caps on foreigners investing in the insurance sector. Devangshu Datta explains investments after the Budget 2021.

India's GDP growth rate for 2019-20 revised downwards to 4% from 4.2%

Under the first revision released in January 2020, real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) prices for 2018-19 was pegged at Rs 139.81 trillion, showing a growth of 6.1 per cent

GDP growth, fiscal deficit: Economic Survey nos in line with expectations

India's economy, as per the Economic Survey, could contract 7.7 per cent in FY21, pulled down mainly by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the disease

Full text of the Economic Survey 2020-21: Download volume-I and II here

The Economic Survey 2020-21, authored by CEO K Subramanian, has pegged India's GDP contraction in FY21 at 7.7 per cent, and real GDP growth in FY22 at 11%. Hefre are both volumes of the document

Javadekar emphasises on striking balance between environment, economy

Prakash Javadekar has emphasised on adopting holistic approach taking into consideration both the environmental conservation as well as growth of the country

Banking on Budget: Growth, job opportunities to be top priority for the FM

A liberal budget that cuts taxes and tries to improve ease of doing business will receive a good market response. A harsh Budget with higher taxes, new cesses, etc, will lead to a sell-off

Ports, roads, steel: 5 companies step up investments as economy recovers

India is focusing on improving its infra as the economy recovers after the coronavirus pandemic. A look at at what Tata Group, L&T, Adani Ports, Ultratech Cement, and JSW Steel plan to do

Budget Byte: Export needs budgetary support for overall economic growth

Strategic incentives through the Budget may help boost exports.

Hindutva versus economic growth

Economic progress demands all-round liberalisation. From "love jihad" to atmanirbhar, the forces of Hindutva are yet to understand that basic truth

Budget 2021: What will be the growth, spending story in post-pandemic world

Here is an interesting graphic explaining the growth and spending story

The long-term growth opportunity 2021 presents

The digital super cycle will encompass progress in all areas and will accelerate further on advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence

Exports slip 0.8% in December 2020; trade deficit widens to $15.71 billion

The country's exports declined marginally by 0.8 per cent to $26.89 billion in December 2020, due to contraction in sectors like petroleum, leather and marine products

Macroeconomics needs to focus on managing abundance and not scarcity

Macroeconomic theory has to be constructed around this now, not the old Keynesian identity which took deficiency as its starting point

The irony of microeconomics: Excess supply and a study of scarcities

How has economics built the excess supply of land, labour, capital and product into its formal analytical structure which, even now, is predicated on the study of scarcities? The answer is, it hasn't

India to become 5th largest economy in 2025, 3rd largest by 2030: CEBR

India, which appears to have been pushed back to being the world's sixth biggest economy in 2020, will again overtake the UK to become the fifth largest in 2025 and race to the third spot by 2030

Does 'too much democracy' hold back economic growth? The world may differ

Is there such a thing as too much democracy? The history of economic and democratic growth coincides in almost all parts of the world

Economy to reach pre-Covid-19-levels by end of FY2022: Niti Aayog

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has also revised its forecast of economic growth for the current fiscal year (2020-21) to (-)7.5 per cent as against its earlier forecast of (-)9.5 per cent

The earnings push

India Inc shows patchy but encouraging recovery