Topic: Growth Rate
Indian economy could recover to 6.6% next fiscal, new UN report predicts
The recovery will come due to a combination of fiscal stimulus and financial sector reforms, says the UN report. South Asia’s growth is also expected to rebound.
Slowdown not recession says Nirmala Sitharaman: Is Modi govt still in denial on economy?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman admitted in the Rajya Sabha Wednesday that the Indian economy had slowed down but clarified 'it is not recession yet; it won’t be'.
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.
Netflix gets close to the big question: Can it survive at this rate of growth?
Netflix is still adding customers at a healthy clip but its survival is predicated on adding streaming video customers essentially to infinity.
IMF pushes down global growth rate to 3% amid economic slowdown in India, China
IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath warned that the global economy is in a 'synchronised slowdown' and called for policymakers to cooperatively deescalate trade and geopolitical tensions.
Indian economy’s animal spirits got worse as slowdown spilled into July
A gauge measuring overall economic activity moved one notch toward weaker territory as 6 of 8 high-frequency indicators fell from previous month.
Economic growth rates look almost medieval in rich countries too
Even before the recent bad news, growth rates had slowed down in most rich countries, to historically low levels in some cases.
Does Modi’s population control call signal India unable to leverage demographic dividend?
In his Independence Day speech, PM Narendra Modi said India needs to control its population.
Outlook for India’s growth is bleak and RBI forecasts this year nail it
RBI cuts growth forecast for 2019-20 for the third time in 6 months — to 6.9% from 7.4%.
US Navy was quick to fix responsibility for Covid-19 crisis. Indian military can take lessons
Indian military’s track record in fixing accountability is poor, most notably during the Kargil War. This can have serious repercussions for us in peace and wartime.
Is talk of lifting lockdown premature or is it necessary to allow some economic activity?
As the Narendra Modi government considers the option of extending the Covid-19 lockdown beyond 14 April, concerns around its impact on the economy are growing.
Defence
Indian Navy veterans slam ‘childish’ US response to Roosevelt ship incident
Former Navy Chief Admiral Arun Prakash says captain of USS Theodore Roosevelt should’ve resigned if he felt system let him down, rather than leaking mail to media.
Poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti all you want. Modi couldn’t care less
Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, who he can address in kind. People accuse him of infantilising his voters, but it’s a winning strategy.