-Livemint.com Thankfully, India is enjoying a demographic dividend that gives it greater leeway for deficit-financing The dominant consensus on the slowdown in India is that we have a demand problem. Lack of aggregate demand is a phrase that goes back to John Maynard Keynes. He is a ghost who reappears from time to time, however much one tries to bury him. Regardless of whether you are a Keynes devotee or not, his...
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Savings, Investment will improve economy: Rangarajan
-The Hindu The former RBI Governor says even if India became a $5 trillion economy by 2025, it would retain the same classification as its population would have touched 1.4 billion If the government wanted the economy to grow fast then it should act on savings and Investment rates, said C. Rangarajan, former governor of Reserve Bank of India. He was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day international conference on contemporary practices...
More »GDP shocker: India's position slips among world's fastest growing economies -Dipu Rai
-IndiaToday.in Data shows that consumption and Investment demand are declining. Private final consumption expenditure grew by only 3.1 per cent (a 4.5-year low), while fixed capital formation grew by four per cent, 0.4 per cent less than the last quarter of the financial year 2019. Gross Domestic Product or GDP is a tool to measure and compare how good or bad countries are doing economically. Recent data of the first quarter of...
More »Adopt a green growth strategy to boost the sluggish automobile sector
Among the measures announced by the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on 23rd August, 2019 to arrest economic downturn, the following are noteworthy: * Allow Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) vehicles (which are purchased till 31st March, 2020) to remain operational for the entire period of registration; * Government shall lift the ban on purchase of new vehicles for replacing all old vehicles by its various departments; *...
More »Sentiments do have real economic benefits -Renu Kohli
-The Telegraph Investors may be buying stocks again, but fundamental drivers such as expected corporate performance remain unchanged Sentiments matter for economic growth. Optimistic or upbeat sentiments encourage consumers to buy and borrow; businesses, on the other hand, are spurred to plan and invest. But when in reverse gear, downbeat or negative sentiments can hold back spending, restricting activities and stifling growth. For an economy seeking to revive itself, be it India...
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