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Covid-19 impact: IMF projects India’s GDP to contract 10.3% in 2020

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GDP) to plunge in FY21 by 10.3%, revised down since its June forecast of 4.5% drop, reflecting a severe-than-anticipated contraction in economic activities in the first quarter as a result of the nationwide lockdown as well as the rapidly spreading pandemic.In its biannual World Economic Outlook, IMF said all emerging market and developing economy regions are expected to contract this year, including notably emerging Asia, where large economies, such as India and Indonesia, continue to try to bring the pandemic under control. “Revisions to the forecast are particularly large for India, where GDP contracted much more severely than expected in the second (June) quarter.

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