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GDP to contract by 5.3% in FY21, says India Ratings

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NEW DELHI : Credit rating agency India Ratings and Research expects gross domestic product (GDP) to contract by 5.3% on a year-on-year basis in FY21.This will be the lowest GDP growth in Indian history and the sixth instance of economic contraction, others being in FY58, FY66, FY67, FY73 and FY80; the previous low was negative 5.2% in FY80."The disorder caused by the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded with such a speed and scale that the disruption in production, breakdown of supply chains or trade channels and total wash out of activities in aviation, tourism, hotels and hospitality sectors will not allow the economic activity to return to normalcy throughout FY21," the agency said in a report."As a result, besides contracting for the whole year,.

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