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Indian Economy: An overview
INDIA'S economy is on the fulcrum of an ever increasing growth curve. With positive indicators such as a stable 8-9 per cent annual growth, rising foreign exchange reserves, a booming capital market and a rapid rise in FDI in the last year, India has emerged as the second fastest growing major economy in the world. The economy has been growing at around 9 per cent in the past two years recording a growth rate of 9 per cent and 9.4 per cent in 2005-06 and 2006-07 respectively. Significantly, the industrial and service sectors have been contributing a major part of this growth, suggesting the structural transformation underway in the Indian
economy.
For example, industrial and services sectors have logged in a 10.9 and 11 per cent growth rate in 2006-07 respectively, against 9.6 per and 9.8 cent in 2005-06. Similarly, manufacturing grew by 9.1 per cent and 12.3 per cent in 2005-06 and 2006-07 and trade, hotel, transport and communication recorded a growth of 10.4 per cent and 13 per cent, respectively. And this process continues in the current fiscal year. On the back of 8.4 per cent and 9.6 per cent growth in GDP in the first quarter of 2005-06 and 2006-07, GDP grew by 9.3 per cent during April-June 2007.
• While overall industrial produc-
tion grew by 9.2 per cent during April-September 2007, significantly, basic goods and capital goods rose by9.4 percent and 19.6percent this year compared to 8.8 per cent and 17.5 per cent during the same period lastyear.
• Services grew by 10.6 per cent in April-June 2007, compared to 9.2 per cent and 11.7 per cent during the corresponding period in 2005-06 and 2006-07.
• Manufacturing grew by 9.7 per cent during April-September this year, on the back of 12.3 per cent growth during the same period last year.
• Core infrastructure sector continued its growth rate recording 6.6 per
cent growth, with electricity generation rising by 7.6 per cent this year compared to 6.7 per centlastyear.
• Exports grew by 18.5 per cent in dollar terms during April-September 2007. Imports increased by 25.5 per cent in April-September 2007.
• MoneySupply(M3)hasgrownby a robust 22.5 percent (year-on-year) as of October 26, 2007 compared to 18.4 per cent last year.
• The annual inflation rate in terms of WPI was 2.97 per cent for the week ended October 29,2007 as compared to 5.35 per cent a year ago.
•Fiscal deficit and revenue deficit decreased by 6.1 per cent and 11.8