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India's GDP to rise 9.2% in FY22, surpass pre-Covid levels at Rs 145.69 lakh crore, shows govt data
•Real GDP in 2021-22 is estimated at Rs 147.54 lakh crore, as against the Provisional Estimate of GDP for 2020-21 of Rs 135.13 lakh crore, read the statement released by the National Statistical Office on Friday
India's economic growth slows to 8.4% in second quarter of 2021-22
•The GDP growth in April-June quarter this fiscal stood at 20.1 percent. The Indian economy had contracted by 24.4 percent in April-June last year
Retail inflation jumps to 5.52% in March; factory output contracts 3.6% in February
•The manufacturing sector — which constitutes 77.63 percent of the IIP — declined by 3.7 percent in February 2021, as per NSO data
Retail inflation rises to 5.52% in March due to higher food prices, shows govt data
•The rate of price rise in the food basket accelerated to 4.94 percent in March from 3.87 percent in the preceding month, as per data released by the NSO
GDP growth slows to nearly 7-year low at 4.7% in Q3 on poor performance by manufacturing, construction sectors
Fp Staff •GDP at Constant (2011-12) prices in Q3 of 2019-20 is estimated at Rs 36.65 lakh crore, as against Rs 35 lakh crore in Q3 of 2018-19, showing a growth rate of 4.7 percent," the NSO said.
Retail inflation surges to over 5-year high of 7.35% in December, surpasses RBI's comfort level
•Retail inflation rose to about five-and-half year high of 7.35 percent in December 2019, surpassing the RBI's comfort level, mainly due to spiralling prices of vegetables as onions were selling costlier
Economic slowdown fallout: GDP growth estimated to drop to 5% in FY20 on deceleration in manufacturing sector
Fp Staff •The Indian economy is estimated to grow at 5 percent in 2019-20 as against 6.8 percent in the previous fiscal, according to government data
Q2 GDP at 4.5%: With record-low nominal growth at 6.1%, economy is slipping to deeper pain; forget the $5-trillion target
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the July-September quarter has come at 4.5 percent, the lowest growth in at least six-and-half years or in 26 quarters and even worse than the first quarter when the economy grew at 5 percent
Q2 GDP growth plunges to over six-year low at 4.5% on deceleration in manufacturing, agriculture, construction sector
Fp Staff •India's GDP growth dropped to a six-and-half-years (26-quarter) low of 4.5 percent in the July-September quarter of 2019-20 due to a sharp deceleration in the manufacturing sector and sluggish agriculture, construction sector output, according to official data released on Friday
Centre not to release consumer expenditure survey due to data quality issues; to soon unveil base year for new series of GDP
•A media report has claimed the consumer expenditure survey was approved to be released on 19 June this year but was withheld by the government agency owing to its "adverse" findings