FY25 growth of 6.4% underwhelms, but are there silver linings?
Business Standard|January 08, 2025
Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is estimated to have slowed sharply to 6.4 per cent in the current financial year (FY25) from 8.2 per cent expansion in FY24, according to the first advance estimates released by the National Statistics Office (NSO).
ABHISHEK UPADHYAY
FY25 growth of 6.4% underwhelms, but are there silver linings?

Nominal GDP growth was more stable, at 9.7 per cent in FY25 versus 9.6 per cent growth in the last. That growth compares unfavorably with the 10.5 per cent growth assumed by the central government in making the estimates for the Budget in July. However, the government is not going to be too perturbed about achieving the modest additional fiscal consolidation required to hit the fiscal deficit target of 4.9 per cent of GDP. Buoyant revenue collections and weaker capex spending so far indicate scope for bigger savings.

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