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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicGDP growth

Topic: GDP growth

Methodological ambiguities in GDP data must be sorted out, standing committee on finance says

The parliamentary panel said authentic and credible data is crucial for planning, policy structuring, informed decision making and inclusive growth.

Investor sentiment still low. But green shoots in bank loans, GST collections, power usage

Double-digit growth seems optimistic. Modi govt needs to more than double its expenditure to compensate for the losses and avert GDP decline. It's fanciful at best.

India’s economic growth has seen a consistent fall, Gods cannot be blamed for everything

In episode 560 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains why the Indian economy's contraction by a record 23.9% is part of a larger pattern.

Not Sushant Singh Rajput, not Rhea Chakraborty. It’s the economy, stupid

As Indian economy shrunk by 23.9%, many were left with prayer to cope with this invisible ‘hand of God’ – they morphed the Go Corona Go chant to Grow GDP Grow.

Indian economy is heading for a K-shaped recovery and it won’t be a pretty sight

K-shaped recovery means the growing gap between ‘winners and losers’. An example in India is the stock market being healthy while millions have lost their jobs.

India’s fiscal crisis can only get worse as tax revenue is seen dropping 12.5% in 2020-21

GST revenue collected this August was 12% lower than the amount last August, and the economy is only crawling back to life post the Covid-19 lockdown.

Jolted by Q1 slump, economists rush to further lower GDP forecast for fiscal 2020-21

While SBI has predicted nearly 11% contraction for the whole year and negative growth in all four quarters, others have also revised already-bleak estimates.

GDP numbers show Modi govt needs to work on stimulating demand

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India can grow at 10% but import substitution policy could hurt that, Arvind Panagariya says

Arvind Panagariya backs Modi govt’s decision to not go in for fiscal expansionary policy, says funds will be needed for demand stimulus and bank recapitalisation.

India’s unemployment rate fell to 5.8% in 2018-19, experts say Covid shock will drive it up

Periodic Labour Force Survey shows unemployment rate in India remained elevated in 2018-19 despite the marginal fall compared to 6.1% in 2017-18.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.