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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
TopicIndia's GDP

Topic: India's GDP

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.

Tribute to Indian-Tibetan SFF hero Nyima Tenzin, and who really needs Y-plus security

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Fitch Ratings project 10.5% contraction of Indian economy this fiscal year

India's GDP shrank by a staggering 24 per cent year-on-year amid the imposition of one of the most stringent global nationwide lockdown.

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.

‘Shrinking’ of Parliament, and Nirmala Sitharaman’s loan fix for every issue

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

India’s backward dash from $5 trillion while one rupee gets a moment in spotlight

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

4 questions Indian economy faces after the record Q1 GDP slump

The record 23.9% decline in Q1 GDP shifts the focus back to the Modi government and RBI on what steps can be taken to spur growth.

India’s economy may contract by 10-12% in 2020-21: Former finance secretary Subhash Garg

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said a faulty lockdown strategy and an ineffective stimulus have adversely impacted economic recovery. Read his blog here.

If Modi govt wants to reform agriculture it shouldn’t be tinkering around the edges

Money being spent in farmers’ name must be spent for their genuine welfare, through a well-conceived and carefully-phased programme of change.

Indian businesses are getting desperate as there’s no sign of fiscal package from Modi govt

As their cash-flow dries up, and in the absence of any fiscal support, many Indian businesses say they will be forced to cut jobs to curb costs.

On Camera

Beijing is calling for Ukraine de-escalation and also benefiting from a weakened Russia

An article on Baidu described Spider’s Web as a “choreographed NATO production” designed to probe Russia’s red lines. Zelenskyy is seen as risking national security for Western backing.

Global financial system is reaching a major turning point. Why interoperability is important

While digital assets are speeding ahead, the tech and regulatory frameworks behind them aren’t keeping up. Each blockchain still operates with its own governance, standards andcompliance assumptions.

Losses are not important, outcomes are—CDS General Anil Chauhan on Operation Sindoor ‘setbacks’

Pakistan wanted to get India to its knees in 48 hours but instead folded up in about 8 hours, he asserts. 'India is not going to live under shadow of terror & nuclear blackmail.'

Asim Munir just stole his 5th star & has nothing to show for it. It’ll make him desperate, dangerous

Asim Munir locked up Imran Khan, had his handmaiden parliament give himself an extended tenure. But the additional jingle of that fifth star will not change facts on the ground.