It assessed that impact of the rising Covid-19 cases on private spending and investment will be for a longer period than what was expected earlier
Rains do swivel between normal, deficient and excess across years, but good rains in times of severe contraction in the economy are a big relief
Markets have run ahead of fundamentals, but this has been a broad global trend, says Venugopal Garre
Attributes it to Covid-19 cases and lack of stimulus from govt
Impact on wages to severely dent consumption and decelerate recovery, says India Ratings
Global rating and research houses, such as Fitch and Goldman Sachs, have cut their estimates for growth in India's GDP for the current fiscal 2020-21.
Downward revision follows a sharp contraction in the economy in the April-June period, when GDP came in at a negative 23.9 per cent YoY, the worst show in nearly four decades
The downward revision in India's forecast for FY21 comes on the heels of a sharp contraction in Indian economy in the April - June 2020 period, when the GDP came in at a negative to 23.9 per cent year
Impact on the economy would be heavier than estimated
At current prices, GDP was down 20.6 per cent, doing better than India Inc
If annual expenditure is kept unchanged from the budgeted Rs 30 trillion, a worst-case scenario can push Centre's fiscal deficit to 8.1 per cent of GDP
Noting that the lockdown has put a brake on the economy, the paper suggested that the need to kick start the economy and move it forward has become urgent
Ministry asserts India is on V-shape recovery path from Q2 onwards; says GDP plummeted most because of severest lockdown measures taken against pandemic
According to Bloomberg data, China's m-cap stood at just $407 billion in May 2006 - 45 per cent below India's m-cap of $745 billion
The IMF chief in a tweet showed India's internationally comparable quarter-on-quarter GDP shrank the most among G-20 countries at 25.6%
Prescribe demand booster dose from govt, but many say that's unlikely to come
E-way bills, after showing an uptrend since April, stagnated in August
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attacked the Centre and said that her brother and former party president Rahul Gandhi had predicted about the "economic tsunami" six months ago.
The two growth engines, consumer spending and investments contract massively as govt-led spending lifts GDP from falling further. On supply side, only agriculture shows growth, industry contracts 40%
Indian GDP will de-grow in both Q2 FY2021 and Q3 FY2021 but pace of contraction may narrow, writes Aditi Nayar.