Topic: Gita Gopinath
Targeted policies, managing debt, ‘green’ economies — Gita Gopinath’s Covid survival guide
IMF's chief economist Gita Gopinath talks about how countries can handle the consequences to economies, environment, and health systems. Read the full interview here.
India spends 1% GDP on Covid relief, can do more: IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath
Speaking at the digital Off The Cuff, Gita Gopinath also said there was a lot of uncertainty around DGP forecasts, which are being revised based on ground realities. Read the full text here.
India can spend more to combat economic fallout of Covid: IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath
IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath says India is spending around 1% of its GDP to combat the economic impact of Covid-19, but emerging markets on average are spending 2.5%.
Don’t make Depression-era mistake, world needs post-pandemic stimulus: IMF’s Gita Gopinath
Once recovery has happened & we are past pandemic phase, advanced economies must undertake a broad-based stimulus, Gita Gopinath says.
Coronavirus advice from leading economists: Bring out the big artillery
Economists say it’s still too early to tell how bad the economic damage from COVID-19 will be, but it will be large. They suggest bringing on fiscal firepower.
Amit Shah’s ‘kaagaz nahi dikhaayenge’ moment & India’s pulling the world down
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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.
IMF cuts India growth forecast to 4.8%, flags stress in non-bank financial sector
IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath cites decline in rural demand growth and an overall credit sluggishness for lowering of India forecasts.
Gita Gopinath asks India to stick to fiscal consolidation as Q3, Q4 recovery could be lower
At FICCI event, Gita Gopinath says IMF is likely to revise India's growth forecast downwards in its January outlook.
India needs bank clean-up, labour reforms to address slowdown: IMF’s Gita Gopinath
Economist Gita Gopinath said that the extent of India's economic slowdown had surprised many, including the IMF.
Putin critic Alexey Navalny dares to expose Russian president’s ‘weakness’
Navalny’s campaign to expose the nature of Russian power has been successful. He’s shown that one extraordinarily brave person can focus attention on the iniquity of an entire system.
RBI proposes to regulate big NBFCs just like it regulates banks, classify them into 4 groups
Reserve Bank of India's proposed four categories for NBFCs will be based on different parameters including the size of assets.
Defence
With P8I aircraft, Navy takes part in Quad anti-submarine warfare exercise in Guam
The exercise, Sea Dragon 2021, began in Guam earlier this month and will continue till 28 January. Along with India, Japan, US & Australia, Canada is also participating.
Neither ‘udta’ nor ‘padhta’ Punjab. Question is how India’s no. 1 state in 2003 fell to 13
Punjab, once India’s richest state, has slipped and fallen behind. MSP and subsidies should continue, but it needs to rediscover its entrepreneurial impulse.