CURRENT AFFAIRS

2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
As per the NSO’s revised estimates released recently, what was India’s GDP growth rate for 2019-20?
A
1.3%
B
1.4%
C
2.5%
D
4%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The growth in real GDP during 2019-20 is estimated at 5.0 per cent as compared to the growth rate of 6.8 per cent in 2018-19. 4.

Detailed explanation-2: -5. GDP at Current Prices in the year 2019-20 is estimated to attain a level of ₹ 203.85 lakh crore, as against ₹ 189.71 lakh crore in 2018-19, showing a growth rate of 7.5 percent.

Detailed explanation-3: -The growth in nominal GDP during 2022-23 is estimated at 15.4 per cent as compared to 19.5 per cent in 2021-22, the NSO said. Private final consumption expenditure, a measure of demand, is estimated to grow by 7.7 per cent in the financial year ending March 2023 as compared to 7.9 per cent in 2021-22.

Detailed explanation-4: -India gdp growth rate for 2020 was -6.60%, a 10.33% decline from 2019. India gdp growth rate for 2019 was 3.74%, a 2.72% decline from 2018. India gdp growth rate for 2018 was 6.45%, a 0.34% decline from 2017.

Detailed explanation-5: -Giving more details, the Minister stated that as per provisional estimates released by National Statistical Office (NSO), Indian economy in 2021-22 has fully recovered the pre-pandemic real GDP level of 2019-20. The real GDP growth in 2021-22 stands at 8.7 per cent, 1.5 per cent higher than the real GDP of 2019-20.

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