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Topic: GDP

It’s time to review priority sector lending and pull commercial banks out of risks

Anit Mukherjee - 6 March, 2018

With 40% of banks assets, or 32.4% of GDP, riding on this instrument alone, the debate about priority sector lending is not new. There is a new-found urgency to make it fit-for-purpose.

GDP numbers have brought cheer, but Indian economy needs a more even path to growth

Radhika Pandey - 2 March, 2018

Growing CAD, weak bank deposit growth, and fiscal deficit surpassing estimates cause for worry.

India’s economy beats estimates to grow at 7.2% in third quarter of 2018

Anjali Shukla - 28 February, 2018

The growth in the overall economy was thanks to an uptick in agriculture, construction activity and manufacturing.

India’s exports won’t grow, and the Modi govt’s idea of tariff hikes is unlikely to help

TN Ninan - 24 February, 2018

Indian exporters do not have strong negotiating positions with buyers, and therefore tend to get squeezed out disproportionately when trade hits a rough patch.

It’s time for the Modi government to sell its family silver

TN Ninan - 10 February, 2018

If the government is to budget properly for under-funded sectors, it needs to look beyond tax revenues which have risen smartly over the years.

India doesn’t need a ‘strong’ PM to boost growth. And that claim’s backed by data

Saurabh Mukherjea - 7 February, 2018

Over the past 50 years, India’s GDP growth has improved every 10-15 years, though it hasn’t really had many economically enlightened leaders steering it.

The great balancing act by Jaitley on social and fiscal fronts

A K Bhattacharya - 2 February, 2018

The big relief is that Arun Jaitley's fifth budget largely steers clear of the many traps that ensnare budgets before a series of big elections.

Modi’s call for ‘one nation, one election’ is a jumla: P. Chidambaram

Kumar Anshuman - 30 January, 2018

Former finance minister says the idea is impossible to execute under the present Constitution of India, also takes on government on the issue of job creation.

Lost miracle: How India wasted an opportunity to add $200 billion to its economy

Praveen Chakravarty - 29 January, 2018

The three stars of a ruling party's Parliament majority, development agenda and low oil prices may never align again, that is the biggest takeaway from Economic Survey 2018.