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Sunday, October 12, 2025
TopicGDP growth rate

Topic: GDP growth rate

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.

Fall in GDP growth needs to be reversed before it becomes a sustained downward spiral

The fall in GDP growth needs to be reversed before it becomes a sustained downward spiral. Sharp tax cuts can help, as can a move away from the tax raids policy.

Slow economic growth is both immoral and anti-national. Don’t ignore falling GDP rate

When confronted with brutal facts of a grave economic slowdown, our response is to exchange delusional ‘facts’ on WhatsApp.

Ashok Malik on J&K ‘social contract’, Vikram Mehta on economic thinking, Mander on NRC

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

India’s growth forecasts being lowered, more interest rate cuts predicted

Goldman Sachs & Citigroup lowered growth projections to 6% for FY20, while Oxford Economics said there’s a risk the expansion could be weaker than that.

Modi govt is countering the slow economic tempo with counter-narrative of being responsive

It is hard to recall another week under Modi that has been as packed with economic policy pronouncements. But it’s a long haul before narrative really changes.

Economy tweaks & banks consolidation not enough, we need serious structural reforms

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.