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“India’s robust economic growth will boost demand at corporates, despite weakness from slowing growth in key overseas markets,” Fitch ratings said in a statement on Friday. (File Image: PTI)

India to be among fastest growing nations with 6.9% growth in FY25

Demand will remain strong for cement, electricity and petroleum products

23 Dec 2023 1:33 AM

If India has to become a $4-trillion economy, its GDP should be worth Rs 333.6 trillion at the current exchange rate of Rs 83.40 per US dollar. (AA Representational Image)

AA Edit | Reality of $4-trillion economy

According to Reserve Bank of India’s projections, India’s GDP would grow by 6.5 per cent in the current financial year.

21 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

AA Edit | Put people at centre of policy

Policies in all countries are now tuned to promote faster and higher growth in GDP

05 Sep 2023 12:05 AM

Considering the muted growth in economic activity in the festive season, the economic recovery appears to be not evenly spread out in all segments of population in the country. (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Ensure growth benefits all sections

The government should also remain vigilant to protect economically-weaker sections of the society from the after-effects of the pandemic

02 Mar 2023 12:15 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Does Centre have plan to fix India’s problems? Why no accountability?

We can debate about the role of the Opposition parties and the role of the media, but we have done that often

07 Feb 2023 12:05 AM

File photo of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holding a folder-case containing the Union Budget 2022-23. (Representational Image/PTI)Photo

Kamal Davar | More bangs for the buck: What FM must ensure for the military

Importantly, the demands for the country’s security preparedness always remains a major financial challenge

29 Jan 2023 12:05 AM

In the first quarter, the expenditure was Rs 36,85,125 crores, while it was Rs 38,16,578 crores in the second quarter. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Slowdown blues hit home

Though the economic growth had declined in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, the country spent Rs 1,31,453 crores more

02 Dec 2022 12:15 AM

The quality of Indian life is exposed not by a tycoon or two strutting on the world stage but by India’s fall from 131st to 132nd among 191 countries in the UN Development Programme’s latest Human Development Index. (Photo: Twitter)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | The other side of life in the 5th largest economy

India has 1.4 billion people against the UK’s 68 million. Even a low per capita income adds up to an impressive total

28 Sep 2022 12:00 AM

The idea of development not only varies, it is constantly shifting. But crucially, it is the matter of the tag. (AA Image)

Patralekha Chatterjee | A lot needs to be done for ‘developed’ India by 2047

“Development”, like beauty, is a word that triggers lively discussions and polemical exchanges

26 Aug 2022 12:02 AM

Rescue workers clearing rubble of a destroyed school after an attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, July 4, 2022. The Ukrainian military's General Staff says that Russian forces are trying to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing a key stronghold. AP/PTI

AA Edit | Will someone help stop the war?

India may be buying Russian oil to cool its purchase price but it’s not making a virtue out of its neutrality

05 Jul 2022 1:04 AM

Growth in the January-March period was slower than in the previous October-December quarter of 2021-22 at 5.4 per cent, the government data showed on Tuesday. (Representational Photo:AP)

8.7 per cent growth in GDP in FY2022, Q4 dips to 4.1 per cent

Indian economy expanded at 8.7 per cent pace for the financial year 2021-22 against a contraction of 6.6 per cent in FY21

01 Jun 2022 12:53 AM

India is 85 per cent dependent on imports to meet its oil needs. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

India's GDP growth forecast cut to 7.9 per cent: Morgan Stanley

The report saw upside risks of 0.5 per cent of GDP to the fiscal deficit target of 6.4 per cent of GDP for FY23

13 Mar 2022 12:10 PM

Though the GDP numbers grew with low base effect, there are also other significant reasons which suggest a recovery in the economy. (Twitter)

Sign of recovery? GDP sees rise of 20 per cent in April-June

Briefing to the media about the GDP numbers, chief economic adviser KV Subramanian said that the data is an indicative of economic recovery

01 Sep 2021 6:53 AM

The impoverishing of Indians and the wrecking of our economy is happening at the same time when the concentration of our wealth is being skewed towards a few. (Photo: PTI/File)

Aakar Patel | As world keeps growing, India’s sinking, going back to the past

According to the government data, our economic growth began braking sharply before January 2018

29 Jun 2021 7:28 AM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Decoding the numbers: What the FM didn’t say

When you dig into details and ponder over the implications, the Budget feels rather different to what you’ve heard

19 Feb 2021 4:51 AM

Among other recommendations, the report underscores the critical role data can play in helping cities manage and direct emergency operations during a crisis. (Representational image)

Cities key to India's post-pandemic growth: WEF study

The study by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) said the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic for cities

10 Jan 2021 12:52 PM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

Demonetisation led to GDP slump: Rahul Gandhi

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also accused the government of being responsible for the slump in the economy

02 Sep 2020 11:42 AM

India’s general government debt-to-GDP ratio is likely to be at 80 per cent of GDP by FY30. (Representative Image)

Government debt-to GDP ratio to be at 80% by FY30: Report

The report also finds that the government support to real GDP growth in the 2020s decade would be lower than in the past few years

27 Aug 2020 12:52 PM

India's GDP to contract 16.5 pc in Q1 as pandemic spreads, says SBI report. (Representative Image)

GDP to contract 16.5% in Q1 as COVID cases continue to surge: SBI report

The degrowth in corporate gross value added has been significantly better than revenue degrowth in Q1 FY21

18 Aug 2020 10:18 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi citing BJP's election slogan. (PTI Photo)

Modi hai to mumkin hai: Rahul's jibe at PM over possible lowest GDP growth since 1947

The Congress leader has been vociferously targeting the Prime Minister and BJP-led government over several issues

12 Aug 2020 2:43 PM

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