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Saturday, May 4, 2024
TopicIndia's GDP

Topic: India's GDP

India’s GDP grows at 4.5% in Q2, lowest in more than 6 years

Led by contraction in manufacturing, GDP growth 0.5% points lower than the 5% registered in Q1 of 2019-20, and will put further pressure on Modi govt.

Migrant workers sent more money to India than any other country last year

The World Bank estimates remittances to low and middle-income countries reached a record high of $529 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.6 per cent from 2017.

Corporate tax cuts likely to widen India’s budget gap to four-year high

In wake of the corporate tax cuts, India’s fiscal deficit may rise to 3.9% of GDP by March 2020, compared with a target of 3.3% set in July.

Furore over Pakistan’s ad on IAF pilot Abhinandan and Amit Shah ‘rewrites’ Gokhale’s remarks

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

Why rural India matters

Agriculture's share in economic GDP may be below 15 per cent. In the electoral and political equivalent of GDP, it is about 60 per cent.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

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.