GDP | The Asian Age

Friday, Apr 19, 2024 | Last Update : 05:30 AM IST

GDP Page-9

A fiscal storm looms: Don’t wait for Godot!

The consequences for the domestic economy will be harshly adverse.

06 Jun 2018 1:42 AM

RBI to take the repo rate higher at the June 6 meeting.

Reserve Bank of India to hold rates, but June hike now close call

GDP data showed Asia’s third-largest economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly two years in the January-March period.

05 Jun 2018 10:29 AM

Loans to the shipping trade de-grew 13.7 per cent during the month.

Non-food credit growth up to 10.7 per cent for April: RBI

Priority sector loans growth slowed down to 5 per cent from the 5.7 per cent in the year-ago period.

01 Jun 2018 9:33 AM

India’s economic expansion at 7.7 per cent was significantly higher than China’s 6.8 per cent in the same January-March period.

GDP growth up to 7.7 per cent in Q4

It’s much higher than China’s 6.8%.

01 Jun 2018 2:07 AM

Fiscal deficit for 2017-18 worked out to be 3.53 per cent of the GDP, broadly in line with the government's revised estimates.

Govt meets fiscal deficit target of 3.5 per cent for FY 2018

According to the data released by the Controller General of Accounts, the revenue deficit was 2.65 per cent of the GDP.

31 May 2018 7:17 PM

Indian economy grew 7.7 per cent in January-March 2018, the biggest expansion in seven quarters.

Indian economy expands 7.7 per cent in Q4, 6.7 per cent in FY18

However, the economic growth slows to 6.7 per cent in 2017-18 compared to 7.1 per cent in 2016-17.

31 May 2018 6:52 PM

The BSE Sensex pared its initial gains but was still trading higher by 123 points in late morning deals.

Sensex up 123 points, Nifty above 10,600 in late morning trade

Overseas, Asian markets rose as political turmoil in Italy that had roiled global financial markets showed signs of easing.

31 May 2018 12:35 PM

The Karnataka polls had also led to a deferment of the price hikes, according to reports.

Petrol price rise ends RBI’s rate cut hopes

Analysts see rise in inflation, CAD and fall in growth rate.

22 May 2018 1:29 AM

Despite moderation in factory output growth in March, India's GDP is expected to grow by 7.7 per cent in January-March.

India to clock GDP growth of 7.7 per cent in Jan-Mar: report

The uptick in average industrial production growth, implies that the overall industrial activity strengthened in Q1.

14 May 2018 12:18 PM

India is projected to have a skilled labour surplus of 245 million workers by 2030.

India to have talent surplus of 245 million workers by 2030: Study

India is the only country expected to have a surplus of highly skilled financial and business services labour by 2030.

07 May 2018 4:39 PM

Russia never recovered from this loss and it took it 40 long years to assert its military power once again when it defeated Nazi Germany in the greatest military offensive of the Second World War. (Representational image)

Asia’s century: Defining moments in history!

Military historians see this as one of the greatest battles of the 20th century and a defining moment in the history of Asia.

23 Apr 2018 12:39 AM

Following normal monsoon forecast, the Reserve Bank of India is expected to go for a 25 basis points rate cut in key rates in its policy review meet in August, says a report.

Normal monsoon may prompt rate cuts by RBI in August: report

RBI is expected to go for a 25 basis points rate cut in key rates in its policy review meet in August.

18 Apr 2018 1:15 PM

Gross NPAs increased to 10.2% in September 2017, compared to 9.6% in March, according to the RBI which has cautioned against further deterioration.

Toxic loans mount: Are banks to be blamed?

The advantage of having extra capacity in the form of lacunae in the infra sector in particular meant that there was large scope for investment.

15 Apr 2018 6:07 AM

Shobana Kamineni (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

CII president urges India Inc to invest

Recently, 14,000 reforms have been done by all the states combined to ensure procedures are streamlined, said Mr Abhishek.

09 Apr 2018 12:30 AM

Poor Logistics costing India 14 per cent of GDP: MoS

Logistics Data Bank project is underway to make India’s logistics sector more efficient through the use of information technology.

07 Apr 2018 6:22 AM

The capital and financial account surplus rose to $12.6 billion in the December quarter from $7.3 billion a year ago, bolstered by robust foreign portfolio inflows worth $5.3 billion during this period, the RBI said.

CAD widens on higher imports

Prasanna expects India’s CAD to stand at 2 per cent of GDP in the fiscal year ending in March 2018.

17 Mar 2018 1:41 AM

Centre seeks extra funds of Rs 85,000 crore

Some 70 per cent of additional spending will go towards compensating states for revenue loss suffered post the GST roll-out.

09 Mar 2018 12:25 AM

Government is selling off loss making PSUs and in current fiscal disinvestment proceeds have touched Rs 1 lakh crore. (Photo: File)

Finance Ministry pitches for ratings upgrade with Fitch

Govt will follow fiscal consolidation roadmap and will lower the fiscal deficit to 3 per cent of GDP by 2020-21.

07 Mar 2018 4:00 PM

Geography and recent history have made the India-China relationship a difficult one, and one in which the United States will find ample space and opportunity to inveigle itself to its advantage. (Photo: PTI/File)

The challenge of living next to China

For India to pick up the Chinese slack and matter to the world, it needs to be posting a more frenetic 9-10 per cent over the next decade or more.

06 Mar 2018 6:15 AM

If there was 6.9 per cent growth, that would top China's 6.8 per cent annual pace for October-December. (Photo: File/Representational)

India could top China’s growth for Oct-Dec quarter, Govt to release GDP data today

India jumped 30 places to break into the top 100 for the first time in World Bank's Doing Business report 2018.

28 Feb 2018 12:23 PM

9 of 20

Columns

Mohan Guruswamy