American multinational financial services company Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has declaredIndia’s GDP (Gross domestic product) growth for 2020-21 (FY21) at -0.4% due to lockdown.
Fitch Solutions has cut India’s economic growth forecast to 1.8% for the financial year 2020-21.
Fitch Solutions has lowered India’s economic growth forecast from 4.6% stating the large-scale loss of income across the economy due to the domestic outbreak of COVID-19, causing contracted private consumption.
India’s GDP growth may fall to 1.1 percent in the current financial year, on account of the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the economy, a research report by SBI.
The economic growth rate during 2019-20 is expected to come down to 4.1 percentfrom 5 percent projected by several agencies before the outbreak COVID-19.