Fluctuations in Growth Rates of GDP

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....luctuations in Growth Rates of GDP <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 23-5-2012<br><BR>Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance 22-May-2012 19:30 IST As per the Press note on "Revised Estimates of Annual National Income, 2010-11 & Quarterly Estimates of Gross Domestic Product (Q4), 2010-11" released on 31st May, 2011 by Central Statistics Office (CSO), the growth rat....

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....e of GDP at factor cost at constant (2004-05) prices for 2010-11 was 8.5 per cent and 7.8 per cent for the last quarter (January-March 2011). However, CSO revised their estimates in their Press Release on 31st January 2012, to 8.4 per cent. The slowdown in growth in GDP in last quarter of the year 2010-11owes mainly to lower growth in mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, trade, hotel....

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....s, transport & communication and community social & personal services. As per CSO data, the growth rates of GDP at factor cost at constant (2004-05) prices in Q1, Q2 and Q3 of 2011-12 are 7.7 per cent, 6.9 per cent and 6.1 per cent respectively. The average growth rate for first three quarters of 2011-12, works out to be 6.9 per cent. Monetary tightening to control inflation and anchor inflation....

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....ary expectations generally results in compression of demand that comprises investment and consumption. Tightening of monetary policy, in particular, raising the repo-rate in order to control inflation resulted in slowing down of investment and growth particularly in the industrial sector. The Economic Survey 2011-12, has forecast the growth rate of real GDP for 2012-13 to be 7.6 (+/-0.25) per cent....

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..... This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. DSM/Hb<BR> News - Press release - PIB....