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Economy of India likely to grow 6.5%-7% y/y in 2024/25, government report says

NEW DELHI, July 22 (Reuters) Economy of India will grow at 6.5% to 7% in the current financial year ending March 2025, a finance ministry report said on Monday, projecting growth at below 7.2% forecast by the countrys central bank. The growth projection in the annual Economic Survey, tabled in parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the federal budget on Tuesday, is also lower compared to 8.2% growth in the previous year, and the upwardly revised estimates of 6.8% to 7.2% by

22 Jul 2024 2:34 pm
Economy booms but Indias young hanker for government jobs

Prayagaraj, July 21 (Reuters): Sunil Kumar, a 30-year-old, has spent the last 9 years of his life chasing a job in the Indian government. Packed with scores of others in makeshift classrooms under tin roofs with barely enough light and air, Kumar has spent years cramming for a variety of tests, including the prestigious civil services exam needed to get a job as a federal government bureaucrat. He has also tried for a provincial civil services post and two other tests for lower level government

21 Jul 2024 10:38 am