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Indian economy crying for reforms. Will Modi reinvent himself and deliver?

Mismanagement at home and increasing protectionism abroad have ensured that India has dropped out of that group of fast-growing emerging economies

Indian economy loses sheen amid slowdown: Explained in seven charts

The September quarter GDP grew at 4.5 per cent in real terms

India considers investing $1.39 trn in infrastructure to spur economy

Nirmala Sitharaman's comments, as cited in local newspapers, followed data released on Friday that showed India's economic growth slowed to 4.5 per cent in the July-September quarter

Govt turned a blind eye to lag signs in IIP, core sector growth: Experts

The GDP figure is an outcome of several months of downbeat figures -- from weak consumer demand and private investment to shrinking factory output and an export slump

India's deepening economic slowdown opens the door for more rate cuts

The Reserve Bank of India will meet days after a report showed growth collapsed to 4.5 per cent in the July-September quarter, the first time it's been below 5 per cent since 2013

GDP is an imperfect measure of economic performance, says Jairam Ramesh

It is a reflection of the changed circumstances in India over the last 25 years that we are not accepting a growth rate of 5 per cent

Sep quarter growth was on the expected lines, Q3 to be worse: Chidambaram

India's economic growth slipped further to hit an over-six-year low of 4.5 per cent in the July-September quarter, according to official data released on Friday

It will need more than a rate cut to salvage India's sputtering economy

It wasn't too long ago that economic aspirations for India echoed China's. Now this young country of 1.4 billion people is looking more like Indonesia, Malaysia or the Philippines

Q2FY20 investment growth at 19-quarter low despite govt's stimulus measures

It was govt spending that held up growth in the quarter, while growth in private final consumption expenditure, a proxy of demand, also improved

GDP growth slows to 4.5% in Q2 as manufacturing, services disappoint

Private consumer spending grew by 5 per cent year-on-year, improving slightly from the previous quarter

Best of BS Opinion: Don't waste crisis, Hindutva rate of growth, and more

Here's a selection of opinion pieces from today's Business Standard

Oppn slams govt over slowdown, Manmohan says 'precarious state of economy'

The former PM said many industrialists have told him that they live in fear of harassment by government authorities

India is in the midst of an investment and consumption slump, says expert

There is pressure on policy makers for further fiscal and monetary support to the economy. However, focusing primarily on these would be a mistake on several counts

Slowdown blues: Services sector only bright spot for GVA growth rate

For the 'electricity, gas, water supply and other utility services' sector, GVA grew by 3.6 per cent against 8.7 per cent

Don't waste this crisis: There's no more room to ignore bad economics

A crisis is when a govt can expect people to make sacrifices for the larger good. The danger of doing nothing is that growth of 6% or less becomes the norm, not the unacceptable, writes T N Ninan

Slowdown has certainly bottomed out, says DEA Secy citing market, FDI surge

CEA K V Subramanian and DEA Secy Chakraborty both said economy will pick up in Q3 and that fundamentals of the economy remain very strong

FinMin's claim of slowdown having bottomed out has analysts divided

Some analysts point to raw data available for the festive season and say any meaningful recovery is still to come

Slowdown clouds darken: Core sector output contracts 5.8% in October

Economists said the latest figures portend a deepening of the ongoing industrial slowdown

India's Q2 GDP growth dips to over 6-yr low of 4.5%; manufacturing weighs

This GDP growth data for the September 2019 quarter is the lowest since January-March of 2012-13, when it was registered at 4.3%

India's Sep-quarter GDP growth slips to 4.5%, the lowest in over six years

Q2 growth numbers fell, in line with economists' expectations, mainly on account of a weak manufacturing, falling consumer demand and private investment, and a drop in exports due to a global slowdown