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Although a solid increase in aggregate demand may take some time
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"India will emerge as one of the largest global markets, both in terms of consumption size and market cap," he added
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Asked when private investments will pick up, Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said in some sectors like steel, cement and real estate, significant investment in capacity expansion is happening already.
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Finance Ministry report suggested that maintaining a fast pace of vaccination and plugging the lags in the healthcare infra would be the most sustainable stimulus for economic recovery
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GDP growth in the current fiscal was estimated to be in double digits initially, but a severe second wave of pandemic has led to various agencies cut growth projections.
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Flagging low innoculation rate, it said faster vaccination progress will be paramount in restricting economic losses to the current quarter.
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According to an assessment by the Reserve Bank, the second wave has cost the nation about Rs 2 lakh crore in terms of output lost.
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CII president T V Narendran also said the chamber expects GDP to grow at 9.5 per cent in 2021-22.
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Crisil said that the second Covid wave has thrown cold water over the Indian economy that was beginning to warm up after witnessing the most severe contraction since Independence.
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The government must lead the investment cycle but focus on completing the several projects that are underway and not start new ones.
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In its report, 'Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021', the ADB also noted that the recent surge in Covid-19 cases may put this recovery at risk.
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Moody's had bettered India's growth projection for the current fiscal year, which began on April 1, to 13.7 percent as economic activity gathered pace.
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The report noted that India's PMI Manufacturing Index of 55.4 in March indicated some loss of momentum compared to February.
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The Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman also noted that the Indian economy is now surging towards a recovery.
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"India is already looking at 'V-shaped' recovery. Along with the green shoots in various sectors, in the month of February, FPI inflows were Rs 25,787 crore," Thakur said.
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The government must address societal disquiet for the economic recovery to be equitable
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Likewise, the NSE barometer Nifty settled with a gain of 232.40 points or 1.60 per cent at 14,761.55.
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Stating that India needs many things to be right for its recovery to continue, S&P said the country needs to quickly and thoroughly vaccinate most of its 1.4 billion people
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He noted that the idea of a bad bank is to buy bad loans and other illiquid holdings of another financial institution and by transferring such bad loans to bad bank, the original institution can clear its balance sheet.
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The agency had earlier forecast a 7.4 per cent contraction in 2020-21 GDP numbers.