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The electorate's disenchantment over price rise, unemployment and slow growth in salary income combined with the pull of coalition politics could determine the course of this government's financial plan.
Reserve Bank of India revised upwards the GDP growth to 7.2%
Commenting on the growth numbers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government will continue to make efforts to keep fast economic growth.
Gross domestic product, or GDP, growth of 7.6 per cent beat most estimates, including 6.5 per cent projected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
According to SBI Research, a good portion of the drawdown from savings have gone to physical assets.
The federal government met targetted fiscal deficit of 6.4% of the gross domestic product, helped by higher tax revenue even as spending increased, as per a statement. The government will release the revised GDP estimate later in the day.
In a research report, the US-based rating agency said bureaucracy could slow approval processes in obtaining licences and setting up businesses, prolonging project gestation.
The growth rate for the third quarter of India's 2022/23 financial year was below a Reuters forecast of 4.6%.
Real GDP growth is expected at 6.5 per cent and the government expects to borrow a record Rs 15.4 lakh crore to bridge the revenue gap.
Though the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sounded of a global economic slowdown, we remain cautiously optimistic about the Indian economy and the GDP to maintain reasonable growth momentum. India could see growth between 6.5 and 7.1 per cent during FY2022–23 and 5.5–6.1 per cent in the following year.