Topic: GDP growth rate
Indian economy grows by 0.4% in October-December quarter, official data shows
The GDP had expanded by 3.3% in the corresponding period of 2019-20, according to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
Now, Economic Survey dismisses Arvind Subramanian’s claim that India’s GDP is overestimated
Former CEA Arvind Subramanian argued last year that India’s GDP growth is overestimated by 2.5 percentage points. This was dismissed by Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.
Amit Shah’s ‘kaagaz nahi dikhaayenge’ moment & India’s pulling the world down
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Has IMF’s Gita Gopinath made India a convenient scapegoat by blaming it for global slowdown?
The IMF has pegged India’s economic growth forecast to 4.8 per cent for 2019-2020, much less than its October 2019 projection of 6.1 per cent.
ADB cuts India’s GDP rate to 5.1% in FY20, cites poor job growth & rural distress
The Asian Development Bank had in September projected India's GDP growth at 6.5% in FY19 and 7.2% in FY20.
Indians want govts to be run like corporations, but this is why a country is not a company
Former civil servants Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah write that we in India revere success and wealth. We assume good HR practices in TCS will work in govt.
India’s GDP grows at 4.5% in Q2, lowest in more than 6 years
Led by contraction in manufacturing, GDP growth 0.5% points lower than the 5% registered in Q1 of 2019-20, and will put further pressure on Modi govt.
China GDP growth falls to 6% in third quarter, its lowest in almost 30 years
The GDP figures emerged one week after US-China reached a tentative trade truce to avoid more damages to the world's two largest economies.
Is sinking Indian economy beginning to chip away Modi’s larger-than-life image?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to the US this week to meet Donald Trump and global business leaders amid growing worries over economic slowdown.
The economy is India’s most potent weapon, but it’s losing its power
A red-hot economy was India’s greatest strategic strength. It's now diminishing and damaging India’s stature, as reflected in responses to the Kashmir crisis.
Parag Agrawal of Twitter signals Brahmin clout at IIT ending. Kota is now Baniya phenomenon
Baniyas, with their financial might, have breached the sanctum sanctorum of IITs. Money is playing a bigger role than birth in a certain caste. Change is welcome.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.