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India on path of swift recovery: FinMin report
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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Oct, 2021
As the post-pandemic economic activity in the country picks up pace, the
Finance Ministry has said that India is well-placed on the path to
swift recovery with growth impulses visibly transmitted to all sectors
of the economy.
The Monthly Economic Review for September 2021
released by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) on Monday said that
sustained and robust growth in agriculture, sharp rebound in
manufacturing and industry, resumption of services activity and buoyant
revenues are suggesting that economy is progressing well.
"Strategic
reforms undertaken so far along with new milestones in vaccination
drive have enabled the economy to navigate the ravaging waves of the
Covid-19 pandemic," it said.
The ministry noted that ebbing of
the second wave coupled with rapid progress in vaccination bode well for
revival of consumer sentiment, the upcoming festive season, but it
warrants caution and continued adoption of Covid-19 appropriate
behaviour.
It said that the latest trends in high frequency
economic indicators in August and September further indicate a
broad-based recovery evidenced in sustained improvement in power
consumption, rail freight activity, e-way bills, robust GST collections,
highway toll collections posting a 21-month high, sequential uptick in
air freight and passenger traffic, and quantum leap in digital
transactions.
While automobile registrations and sales remain
affected by global shortage of semiconductor chips, the post-monsoon
festive season is expected to boost demand, the report said.
It
added that continued decline in growth of currency in circulation since
August is indicative of decreasing demand for precautionary savings with
progressive reopening of the economy.
On the equity market, the
report has said that it remains buoyant on reassuring indications of
both global and domestic economic recovery.
FPI flows into the
country remain robust with India reporting highest inflow of $3 billion
in September among emerging market economies. Thus far in this fiscal,
India is reported to have received FPI worth $7.2 billion, the second
highest after Brazil's $9 billion.
These historic highs have
engendered a bullish run in domestic equity markets as record additions
of new Demat accounts broaden the base of equity investment in the
country, the report said.
The monthly report of the finance
ministry also cited that global investor confidence in India stays
intact with the country attracting total FDI inflow of $ 27.37 billion
during the first four months of FY 2021-22, 62 per cent higher as
compared to corresponding period of FY 2020-21, with the automobile
sector being one of the major beneficiaries.
India's foreign exchange reserves comfortably stood at $638.65 billion as on September 27, 2021.
In
tandem with growth impulses witnessed across the economy, the rate of
growth of bank credit stood at 6.7 per cent YoY in the fortnight ending
September 10, 2021 compared to 5.3 per cent in the corresponding period
of the previous year, the finance ministry said.
Sectorally, the
credit offtake by agriculture and allied activities, and micro, small
and medium industries continued to perform well in August. Growth uptick
in personal loans augurs well for improved consumption spending in
festive months.
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Customs Exchange Rates |
Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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66.20
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64.50 |
UK Pound
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87.50
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84.65 |
Euro
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78.25
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75.65 |
Japanese
Yen |
58.85 |
56.85 |
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