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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the projected growth rate of the Indian economy by Moody’s in the 2020-21 fiscal?
A
-7.9%
B
-7.5%
C
-7.4%
D
-7.0%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Representative image. Moody’s Investors Service has raised its GDP growth forecast for India for the current calendar year to 9.5 percent from 7 percent, citing a stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the national lockdown of 2020 and the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -Moody’s Cuts India’s 2022 GDP Growth Forecast to 7%, Sees 2023 Growth at 4.8%

Detailed explanation-3: -India gdp growth rate for 2021 was 8.95%, a 15.54% increase from 2020. India gdp growth rate for 2020 was -6.60%, a 10.33% decline from 2019.

Detailed explanation-4: -"For India, the 2022 real GDP growth projections have been lowered to 7 per cent from 7.7 per cent. The downward revision assumes higher inflation, high-interest rates and slowing global growth will dampen economic momentum by more than we had previously expected, ” the agency said in its Global Macro Outlook 2023-24.

Detailed explanation-5: -Moody’s had in May projected India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at 8.8% this year. The economy contracted to 6.7% in 2020, the year when the pandemic struck the country, and grew at 8.3% in 2021.

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