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India's economy contracted by 7.3 % in fiscal 2020-21.

  • Last Updated : May 10, 2024, 15:27 IST
The agency estimates that by the end of 2021, nearly three-fourths of Indian adults could receive their second vaccine shot, if the average 7.9 million doses a day record between September 1-26 is sustained.

Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday pegged India’s GDP growth at 9.3 % in the current fiscal ending March 2022 and 7.9 % in FY23.

“The reimposition of lockdown measures along with behavioural changes on fear of contagion will curb economic activity, but we do not expect the impact to be as severe as during the first wave.

“We expect a decline in economic activity in the April-June quarter, followed by a rebound, resulting in real, inflation-adjusted GDP growth of 9.3 % in the fiscal year ending March 2022 and 7.9 % in fiscal 2022-23,” it said.

India’s economy contracted by 7.3 % in fiscal 2020-21.

The pandemic, it said, will leave new economic scars and deepen pre-pandemic constraints.

“Over the longer term, we expect real GDP growth to average around 6 %,” it said.

Published: June 1, 2021, 11:28 IST
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