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Industry body FICCI on Sunday said its Economic Outlook Survey has projected the country’s annual median GDP growth for 2020-21 at (-) 4.5 percent. With the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic manifesting into an economic and healthcare crisis globally, the latest forecast marks a sharp downward revision from the growth estimate of 5.5 percent reported in the January 2020 survey, it said.<\/p>\n
The pandemic outbreak has severely impacted the economic activities as the country had to go through a lockdown to check spread of the virus. However, the restrictions are being gradually eased.<\/p>\n
While addressing SBI Banking and Economics Conclave on Saturday, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Indian economy has started showing signs of getting back to normalcy in response to the staggered easing of restrictions.<\/p>\n
“It is, however, still uncertain when supply chains will be restored fully; how long will it take for demand conditions to normalise; and what kind of durable effects the pandemic will leave behind on our potential growth,” he said.<\/p>\n
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In May, the Reserve Bank had said the GDP growth during 2020-21 is likely to remain in the negative territory.<\/p>\n
Releasing details of the survey, FICCI said the present round of ‘Economic Outlook Survey’ was conducted in June 2020 and drew responses from leading economists representing industry, banking and financial services sector.<\/p>\n
“The latest round of FICCI’s Economic Outlook Survey puts forth an annual median GDP growth forecast for 2020-21 at (-) 4.5 percent – with a minimum and maximum growth estimate of (-) 6.4 percent and 1.5 percent respectively for 2020-21,” it said.<\/p>\n
As per the survey, the quarterly median forecasts indicate GDP growth to contract by (-) 14.2 percent in the first quarter of 2020-21, with a minimum estimate of (-) 25 percent and a maximum estimate of (-) 7.4 percent.<\/p>\n
Economic activity-wise annual forecast indicated a median growth of 2.7 percent for agriculture and allied activities for 2020-21.<\/p>\n
“Agriculture seems to be the only sector with a silver lining right now. There is an apparent upside as far as the performance of monsoon is concerned this year and the water reservoir levels in the country stand at good levels,” the industry chamber said.<\/p>\n
According to the survey, the rural sector supported by a steady agriculture performance and hopefully a contained number of COVID-19 cases will be a key demand generator for India this year.<\/p>\n
The survey further said that industry and services sector, on the other hand, are expected to contract by 11.4 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively in 2020-21.<\/p>\n
Weak demand and subdued capacity utilisation rates were already manifesting into a drag on investments and the COVID-19 pandemic has further extended the timeline for recovery, it said.<\/p>\n
Even though activity in sectors like consumer durables, FMCG is gaining traction, majority of the companies are still operating at low capacity utilisation rates. Labour availability and feeble demand remain as major issues for the companies, it added.<\/p>\n
“Therefore, fresh investments will be difficult to come by in the near to medium term. Also, a significant change in consumption patterns is expected on back of uncertainty with regard to jobs and income losses,” FICCI said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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