Moody's says India's fiscal measures will have little impact on growthMoodys put these measures at 0.2% of its real GDP forecast for fiscal 2020, ending March 2021 and said it highlights the government's limit...
15 Oct, 2020, 07.37 PM IST
Bangladesh is about to beat India in regional per capita GDP sweepstakesIn per capita GDP terms, India was significantly above Bangladesh till a few years ago, but the gap has been substantially closed owing to ...
14 Oct, 2020, 03.22 PM IST
How have Indian businesses been impacted during and after the lockdown?Covid created various operational and financial challenges for Indian businesses. During the lockdown, approximately 71.31% of the business...
29 Sep, 2020, 03.12 PM IST
Global economy to contract 4.4%, China to grow at 2.7% in 2020: FitchIn its September update to the Global Economic Outlook (GEO), Fitch Ratings cut its 2020 GDP forecast for emerging markets, excluding China...
08 Sep, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
India’s key growth engine grinds to halt in sign of slumpBusinesses providing services of everything from technology to travel and trade were the first to be hit by lock down. Unlike manufacturing...
29 May, 2020, 10.06 AM IST
At 10% of GDP, Modi's Atma-nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan ranks among biggest in worldBut unlike the most relief packages announced globally, Rs 20 lakh crore is not entirely in new spending and includes Rs 1.7 lakh crore pac...
13 May, 2020, 06.20 PM IST
View: Opportunity in the time of crisisAt some point, this Covid threat will pass and immediately after will be the time for the government to dust off its Rs 102 lac crore Natio...
12 Apr, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
Moody’s cuts India growth forecast to 2.5%The lockdown has resulted in closure of businesses and unemployment for thousands of workers.
28 Mar, 2020, 07.55 AM IST
Economic growth may fall sharply to 2.6 per cent in 2020-21: SBI EcowrapAccording to a report by SBI Research's Ecowrap, GDP growth for 2019-20 could also see a downward revision from 5 per cent to 4.5 per cent,...
26 Mar, 2020, 10.43 PM IST
India headed for rare quarterly contraction on coronavirus lockdownWith two of the three-week shutdown falling in April, gross domestic product growth in the quarter to June could contract about 5%, Prakash...
25 Mar, 2020, 04.15 PM IST
India considers easier loan, tax rules to help economy endure coronavirus painFinance Ministry is mulling extending loan tenors and relaxing bad-debt norms for small cos, sources say.
19 Mar, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
A month's shutdown to shave off 50 bps from India's GDP: BofAThe report factored in extension of shutdowns to contain the COVID 19 virus outbreak into April-end from mid-April.
19 Mar, 2020, 04.58 PM IST
India Inc fears coronavirus to pull down GDP by at least 50 bpsCare Ratings has conducted a survey on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy among over 150 CEOs, CFOs, investors, analysts...
17 Mar, 2020, 12.57 AM IST
Measures to prevent coronavirus may dent economic growth by up to 2 percentage pts: BarclaysEconomic growth is set to slide to a decadal low of 5 per cent as per an official estimate released much before the virus grew to being cal...
11 Mar, 2020, 11.35 AM IST
Coronavirus fall to have minimal impact on India's GDP: ReportThe Carona virus is slowly spreading to the rest of the world which was largely concentrated in China, and is expected to have adverse econ...
04 Mar, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
Coronavirus outbreak to hit global growth; to have limited impact on India: RBI GuvOnly few sectors are likely to see some disruptions but alternatives are being explored, the RBI governor said.
20 Feb, 2020, 06.11 AM IST
EIU lowers global growth forecast for 2020 amid coronavirus scareThe Economist Intelligence Unit's baseline scenario is that the public health emergency within China will be under control by end-March. Th...
12 Feb, 2020, 12.27 PM IST