Experts see FY25 GDP growth at 6-6.8%

WITH the second quarter growth slumping to a seven-month low of 5.4% as against 8.1% a year ago, many economists and analysts have revised downward their growth forecasts for the full fiscal ending next March, with the lowest at 6% and the highest being pencilled in at 6.8%, both numbers are way off their previous projections and that of the Reserve Bank.

- BEN KOCHUVEEDAN

With the first quarter coming in at 6.7%, the first half growth is only 6.05%, which means the second half has to do a lot of heavy lifting in terms of public capex and private investments. The slowdown has been visible across the key sectors with manufacturing and mining being the worst hit and agriculture being the only shining star.