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GDP growth slows to five-year low at 5.8% in January-March quarter; economy grew at 6.8% in FY19
Fp Staff •The Central Statistics Office (CSO) also revealed that GDP growth during 2018-19 fiscal stood at 6.8 percent, lower than 7.2 percent in the previous financial year
FICCI survey puts Q4 GDP growth at 6.5%; CSO to declare official number tomorrow
•India's GDP likely grew 6.5 percent in the fourth quarter ended March 2019, said an economic outlook survey of industry chamber FICCI on Thursday
11.38 lakh jobs created in March in formal sector; around 1.48 crore jobs generated in FY 2018-19: ESIC data
•The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) did not provide gross new enrolments for March 2018
Job creation dipped 6.9% in January to 11.23 lakh, reveals payroll data of Employee State Insurance Corporation
•Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) provides health insurance and medical services to its insured persons covering all those establishments which have 20 or more workers and all those employees whose monthly wages are up to Rs 21,000.
108 economists, social scientists from across the world concerned over 'political interference' in statistical data in India
•The experts also called for impressing upon the government authorities, current and future, and at all levels, to restore access and integrity to public statistics,
GDP growth rate for 2017-18 revised upwards to 7.2% from 6.7% estimated earlier, says CSO data
•Earlier, the CSO in its advance estimate had pegged the GDP growth rate for 2018-19 at 7.2 percent
Industrial growth falls to 17-month low of 0.5% in November on contraction in manufacturing sector; power output grows
•The manufacturing sector, which constitutes 77.63 percent of the index, recorded a contraction of 0.4 percent in November as against a growth of 10.4 percent a year ago.
Agriculture, manufacturing to push GDP growth to 7.2% in 2018-19; per capita net national income rises 11%: CSO
•In terms of GDP, the rates of GFCE at current and constant (2011-12) prices during 2018-19 are estimated at 11.5 percent and 11.0 percent, respectively.
India's GDP to grow at 7.2% in FY19 on improved performance of agriculture, manufacturing sector, reveals CSO data
•The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.2 percent in 2018-19, a tad higher from 6.7 percent in the previous fiscal, mainly due to improvement in the performance of agriculture and manufacturing sectors, the Central Statistics Office said Monday
GDP back series data row: Former CEA Arvind Subramanian calls for expert review to solve 'puzzle' of revised figures
•Subramanian, who criticised demonetisation in his new book titled 'Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy', was, however, evasive when asked if he was consulted in the decision-making process on note ban.