India’s gross domestic product or GDP contracted 7.5% in the quarter ending September compared to the same period last year, data released by the Union’s Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation showed (Mospi) on Friday. India’s GDP fell 23.9% in the April-June quarter, the worst in decades, amid the coronavirus-induced …
Read More »At -7.5%, GDP recovers, but India is now in technical recession
Economists expect business activity to have recovered after months of slowdown caused by the coronavirus India’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 7.5 percent in the July-September period, as the economy rebounded from a record 23.9 percent drop in the previous quarter due to the slowdown caused for the coronavirus pandemic. …
Read More »India’s economy was facing the worst slowdown in history before the Covid-19 hit
The Indian economy was in one of its worst slowdown phases even before the Covid-19 pandemic. GDP growth fell continuously for eight quarters (except for a flash of 0.08 percentage points between December 2018 and March 2019. It was 8.2% in March 2018 and had fallen to only 3.1 % …
Read More »GDP contracted 23.9% in the June quarter compared to 3.1% growth in the
Economists Say Rapid Rise In COVID-19 Cases Could Delay Recovery In Already Slowing Economy India’s gross domestic product or GDP contracted 23.9 percent in the April-June period, official data showed today, as disruptions induced by the coronavirus pandemic damaged businesses and livelihoods across the country. Despite the monetary and fiscal …
Read More »India could see a 19.2% drop in GDP amid the COVID-19 crisis, the worst among major Asian nations, analysts say
Even before the pandemic hit, Asia’s third-largest economy was in the midst of a slowdown. Highlight Today’s data will likely show India’s June quarter GDP declining 19.2% That would be the sharpest contraction since 1996. The COVID-19 lockdown caused an unprecedented blow to the economy India, once the world’s fastest-growing …
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