Corona’s havoc on the economy! Lowest GDP growth forecast in 30 years

Shina Pal
Posted by April 4, 2020

The corona virus is becoming a major crisis for the Indian economy. The already sluggish economy is at a 30-year low. Rating agency Fitch has guessed this. Fitch on Friday lowered India’s growth rate projections to 2 per cent. This will be a lowest level of 30 years.

“We anticipate a global slowdown this year and India’s growth projections have been reduced to 2 per cent in the financial year ending March 2021,” Fitch Ratings said in a statement. Even then Fitch had lowered its earlier estimate, which has now been further slashed.

ADB projected to grow at 4 per cent

Earlier, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that India’s economic growth may decline to 4 per cent in FY21. “Sometimes it is very challenging to face times,” said ADB President Masasugu Asawawa. Kovid-19 has affected the lives of people around the world and disrupted industry and other economic activities,” he said.

Meanwhile, Moody’s Investors Service changed the outlook of Indian banks from stable to stable, after which banking shares fell by 15 per cent. Moody’s estimates that the decline in economic activity due to the Corona virus epidemic will lead to a decline in the quality of banks’ assets.

Let’s say that a 21-day lockdown is underway to prevent corona virus infection. The lockdown could cause the country’s economy to lose $100 billion, or about Rs 7.6 lakh crore. In a report, acute ratings, an agency, said it could cause a loss of $4.5 billion, or about Rs 34,000 crore, per day to the Indian economy.

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Shina holds an engineering degree from a reputed college.Skilled in Public Relations, Project Management, Business Management, Negotiation and besides these her interest in writing for various technology platforms. She is an avid follower of Technology and passionate about the latest technologies.