India’s economic growth rate to accelerate to 8.5% in Q1 of FY24: Icra

22 Aug 2023 Evaluate

With the help of a supportive base as well as a recovery in the services sector, Icra Ratings in its latest report has said that economic growth rate of India will accelerate to 8.5 per cent in the April-June (Q1) period of the current fiscal (FY24) from the 6.1 per cent growth rate witnessed in the preceding January-March quarter. Its chief economist Aditi Nayar said that the Q1 growth estimate is higher, but the second half of the fiscal is likely to witness headwinds, which will prove a dampener.

It maintained the country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimate for FY24 at 6 per cent which is lower than RBI's 6.5 per cent. Nayar attributed this to erratic rainfall, narrowing differentials with year-ago commodity prices, and possible slowdown in momentum of government capex as the country approach the Parliamentary elections, will limit the growth.

She noted that factors like a continued catch-up in services demand and improved investment activity, particularly a welcome front-loading in government capital expenditure, and sharply lower prices of various commodities which expanded margins in some sectors boosted growth in the June quarter. The agency projected that the gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) expansion in Q1 FY24 to be in double digits, based on the robust year on year growth performance of a majority of the investment-related indicators.

The aggregate capital outlay and net lending of 23 state governments (except Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Manipur and Meghalaya), and the government of India's gross capital expenditure expanded by a sharp 76 per cent to Rs 1.2 lakh crore, and 59.1 per cent to Rs 2.8 lakh crore, respectively, in Q1 FY24. Capex-related external commercial borrowings for the purpose of modernisation, new projects, and local purchase and imports of capital goods jumped to $13.0 billion in Q1, exceeding the full-year FY23 levels of $9.6 billion.

It estimated that the services' gross value added growth to have risen to 9.7 per cent in Q1 FY24 from 6.9 per cent in Q4 FY23, adding that 11 of the 14 high-frequency indicators pertaining to the services sector recorded a growth during the quarter. It further said growth in electricity generation dipped to an 11-quarter low of 1.3 per cent in Q1 FY24, owing to an unfavourable base as well as the excess rainfall seen in the first half of the quarter.

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