NSO projects India’s economic growth at 7% for FY23 in first advance estimates

07 Jan 2023 Evaluate

The National Statistical Office (NSO) under Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation in its first advance estimates of National Income for 2022-23 has said that the Indian economy is likely to grow at a rate of 7 per cent in the current fiscal (FY 2022-23), against the 8.7 per cent growth in 2021-22. As per the data, ‘the Real GDP or GDP at Constant (2011-12) Prices in the year 2022-23 is estimated at Rs 157.60 lakh crore, as against the Provisional Estimate of GDP for the year 2021-22 of Rs 147.36 lakh crore, released on May 31, 2022.

Besides, Nominal GDP or GDP at Current Prices in the year 2022-23 is estimated at Rs 273.08 lakh crore, as against the Provisional Estimate of GDP for the year 2021-22 of Rs 236.65 lakh crore, released on May 31, 2022. 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.

In a significant projection, the data showed that estimated growth for the agriculture sector is pegged at 3.5 per cent compared to the previous fiscal`s 3 per cent. Electricity sector growth in the current fiscal is estimated at 9 per cent, compared to 7.5 per cent in the previous fiscal. Trade, hotels, transport, communication & services related to broadcasting estimated growth is 13.7 per cent, up from last fiscal`s 11.1 per cent. For finance and real estate, the estimated growth is 6.4 per cent from last fiscal`s 4.2 per cent.

On the other hand, the output of the manufacturing sector is estimated to slide down to 1.6 per cent as against a growth of 9.9 per cent in 2021-22. Mining growth estimation is at 2.4 per cent, up from last year`s 11.5 per cent. Construction industry growth is estimated at 9.1 per cent for current year as compared to 11.5 per cent in last year. Growth of public administration, defence & other services is estimated to come down to 7.9 percent in this fiscal over 12.6 per cent in last fiscal.

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