RBI revises FY21 growth to (-)7.5% on current recovery rate, vaccine hopes
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | December 04, 2020 IST
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Mumbai, Dec 4: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised the real GDP growth projection for FY21 upwards to (-) 7.5 per cent on the back signs of faster recovery after the narrowing of the GDP contraction for the July-September, along with hopes of Covid-19 vaccines.This is an upward revision from the earlier estimate of (-) 9.5 per cent.In his video statement post the Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) meet, RBI Governor, Shaktikanta Das on Friday said that the growth will enter positive zone in the third quarter of current fiscal with projection that GDP may grow at 0.1 per cent and the growth will further improve in Q4 to 0.7 pet cent.The RBI had projected that in H1 of FY22, the GDP growth may be around 6.5 per cent.The RBI Governor said that the rural economy still continues to lead the overall recovery and the urban demand is also accelerating.Noting that the economic recovery for India has been faster than anticipated, he said that the road to recovery is still clouded by the rise in Covid cases in patches across the country, which may lead to local restrictions, obstructing economic activities.Das announced that the MPC has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent while keeping the accommodative stance intact.He assured that the committee will continue with the accommodative stance at least for the current financial year.(IANS)
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