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World Bank: India bounced back big way but not out of woods; real GDP growth to be 7.5% to 12.5% | India Business News...

WASHINGTON: India's economy has bounced back amazingly from the Covid-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown over the last one year, but it is not out...

COVID-hit Indian economy to contract 7.7% in 2020-21: Govt estimates

New Delhi: India's GDP is estimated to contract by a record 7.7 per cent during 2020-21 as the COVID-19 pandemic severely hit the key...

Government’s fresh push to boost rankings in global indices – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The government is giving a fresh push to improve India’s ranking in various global indices to reflect the changes taking place in...

Indian economy will see double-digit growth next fiscal: Former CEA Arvind Virmani – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian economy is likely to contract 7.5 per cent in the current fiscal but will see a double-digit growth in 2021-22, former...

Remittances to India to Drop by 9% in 2020 in Wake of Pandemic, Recession: World Bank Report

The World Bank on Thursday said remittances to India would fall this year by nine per cent to $76 billion due to the ongoing...

Covid-19 Has Resulted in Largest Global Economic Contraction in 80 Years, Say World Bank and IMF

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund said the global economic contraction caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is the largest in the...

Need to Take a Longer-term Perspective on Debt Sustainability, Says World Bank President

There is need to take a longer-term perspective on debt sustainability, World Bank President David Malpass said on Friday as he sought to consider...

Gains Against Poverty Made Over Years at Risk of Being Lost Now, Says FM Sitharaman to World Bank

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government has taken a host of initiatives, including a stimulus package totalling 10 per cent of...

PM Modi’s reforms could help turn India into food-export powerhouse – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks Covid-19’s impact on trade. Sign up here, and subscribe to our Covid-19 podcast for...

World facing new Bretton Woods moment: IMF MD – Times of India

WASHINGTON: Facing the twin task of fighting the coronavirus pandemic today and building a better tomorrow, the world is experiencing a new Bretton Woods...

Focusing on protecting people, health of population remain a priority for India: IMF – Times of India

WASHINGTON: India's priorities should be to protect the most vulnerable people, well targeted support and protecting small and medium sized enterprises so that they...

World experiencing one of deepest recessions since Great Depression due to Covid: World Bank – Times of India

WASHINGTON: The world is experiencing one of the deepest recessions since the Great Depression in the 1930s owing to the novel coronavirus, World Bank...

IMF’s debt restructuring programme should help countries overcome fiscal stress: Finance minister – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) debt restructuring programme should aim at helping the countries overcome the fiscal...

India’s public debt ratio to jump to 90% due to Covid-19: IMF – Times of India

WASHINGTON: India's public debt ratio, which remarkably remained stable at around 70 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) since 1991, is projected...

World Bank approves $12 billion to finance virus vaccines, care – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The World Bank has approved $12 billion in financing to help developing countries buy and distribute coronavirus vaccines, tests, and treatments, aiming...

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