Economics

India’s GDP Set to Drop 7.7%, Biggest Contraction Since 1952

  • GDP decline seen steeper than RBI and economists’ estimates
  • Statistics body says estimates prone to sharp revisions

People wait in line to register at a Covid-19 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test site in New Delhi.

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India’s economy is set for its biggest annual contraction in records going back to 1952 as the rapid spread of coronavirus cases and measures to contain them hurt businesses and households.