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Sunday, April 28, 2024
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With low GDP, RBI’s Shaktikanta Das will need more than rate cuts and a good reputation

For Shaktikanta Das to even contemplate taking his foot off the monetary pedal now would be a mistake.

How to mask the fall in GDP growth rate, and new Maharashtra relationships

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India’s shock GDP growth rate is a crisis Modi govt should not waste

It would be a pity if Modi govt keeps ignoring bad economic news. Danger of doing nothing is that growth of 6% or less becomes the norm, not the unacceptable.

4.5% GDP rate alarming, Modi govt must ensure we don’t slip further to Hindu rate of growth

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Brace for bad news: India’s GDP growth rate seen falling to 4.5%, slowest since March 2013

India’s GDP growth data Friday will be culmination of months of downbeat figures, from plunging car sales to shrinking factory output & an export slump.

Unreleased NSO survey data shows 3.7% fall in consumer spending for first time in 4 decades

Survey on household consumer expenditure in India shows dip in expenditure on food consumption for first time.

GDP growth could drop below 5% in Q2 as factory output sees biggest contraction since 2011

Index of Industrial Production contracted by 4.3% in September, with most sectors witnessing a decline. Economists don’t predict a rosy future either.

At 1.28% of GDP, India’s expenditure on health is still low although higher than before

National Health Profile data, released Wednesday, says cost of treatment has been on the rise in India, which has led to inequity in access to healthcare.

Indian economy is on a decline. So why are IMF and World Bank’s growth forecasts so high

Analysts from IIM and IIT have looked at former CEC Arvind Subramanian’s data and concluded that India’s true growth rate might have been closer to 4.5%.

This downturn too shall end. The low growth base this year will make sure of that

Economic soothsayers may well be right when they predict a pick-up to 5.8% growth for Q2, 6.4% for Q3 and 7.2% for Q4. The low base will help with that.

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Maruti Suzuki Jimny is no Thar or Rubicon. It’s no ‘failure’ either

The disconnect between what most buyers want to project and what a vehicle is actually capable of has impacted sales of the Jimny.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.