Bharti Airtel (up 6.7 per cent) was the biggest gainer on the Sensex today, followed by Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, TCS, Titan, and Tech Mahindra
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However, the economy grew by a much higher rate of 3.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019-20
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With services sector not yet fully functional, consumption spending - private and government - continues to trend lower. However, capital formation did turn around in the previous quarter
'Significant recovery in manufacturing and construction augurs well for the support these sectors are expected to provide to growth in FY22,' says Ministry of Finance
The GDP forecasts do indicate that we are on the right path and in the absence of any serious localized lockdowns can be expected to accelerate with time
Weekly estimates for the first three weeks of December indicate a likely marginal improvement in aggregate employment compared to November
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In order to avoid a negative growth in full FY21, India will need to see real GDP growth of over 15% in each of the two remaining quarters. That may not be possible in the present economic scenario
The gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted by a record 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal (April 2020 to March 2021) as the coronavirus lockdown pummelled economic activity
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It said that the real GDP in advanced economies (AEs) contracted 11 per cent, while it shrank 14 per cent in emerging and developing economies (E&DEs), excluding China
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If not for the numbers on agriculture and government expenditure, the GDP growth print for the first quarter of 2020-21 would have been far worse
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This is the first instance of an economic contraction for the country in at least four decades, and also the first GDP decline since India began publishing quarterly numbers in 1996
The only sector to show growth is agriculture, while the government sector disappointed with public admin de-growing by 10.3 per cent
Going by past experience, recovery from recession often tends to be slow and takes five to ten years to reach the former peak levels of economic activity, the report said