Growth Rate

Q2 GDP growth at 4.5%: Manmohan Singh says state of economy 'unacceptable,' country's aspiration is to grow at 8-9%

Manmohan Singh stressed that there was a need to change the 'current climate' in our society from one of fear to one of confidence for our economy to start growing at 8 percent per annum.

Reaching $5 trillion GDP target by 2025 at current growth rate 'simply out of question', says former RBI governor C Rangarajan

The Narendra Modi government soon after assuming office for the second term has set a target of taking the economy to $5 trillion over the next five years.

World Bank cuts India growth projection to 6%; says softening private consumption, weak investment policy challenges for govt

The World Bank report, which has been released ahead of the annual meeting of the World Bank with the International Monetary Fund, noted India's economic growth decelerated for the second consecutive year

India's economic growth 'much weaker' than expected due to corporate, environmental regulatory uncertainty, says IMF

The IMF cut its projection for India's economic growth by 0.3 percentage points to 7 percent for the fiscal year 2019-20 owing to the "weaker-than-expected outlook

Union Budget 2019: GDP is the primary indicator used to gauge the health of a country's economy

The GDP measures the value of economic activity within a country.

GDP growth rate is disappointing; RBI can lower rates further, but it is unlikely to push investment

When the growth numbers for 2016-17 and 2017-18 were scaled up under difficult times like demonetisation and GST, it was hard to reconcile the numbers with the underlying conditions in the market.

GDP growth on track this time; numbers suggest the economy is poised for stable expansion

If all elements come together, there would be a good chance of the economy bouncing back to 7.5 percent growth in FY19.

P Chidambaram takes a swipe at Modi govt, says its growth rate was lower than UPA's 10-year average

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a swipe at the NDA government for claiming that the growth rate was better in its rule.

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya admits growth rate is not translating into more employment

Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said that growth of the economy was not translating into more employment,

Telangana posts 17.82% growth in income via main taxes, hopes to implement more welfare programmes

The Telangana government on Wednesday said it has registered a growth rate of 17.82 percent in income generated through main taxes and 17.81 expansion rate in all taxes.