The CSO released the national incomes annual estimate and the GDP’s quarterly estimate on Monday. This release has shown that the increase in the GDP in the last quarter of the year is mainly due to the increase in the output of manufacturing sector to 16.3 per cent.

This increased GDP proves that the stimulus packages have reaped benefits by the service tax cuts and the excise duty cuts.  Mr. Pranab Mukhurjee, the finance minister has confidently said “… on the whole, it is 7.2 per cent plus [in 2009-10]. I have already stated 8.5 per cent, [now it could be] about 8.5 per cent plus [in the current fiscal].”

Finance secretary, Mr. Ashok Chawla has mentioned that this was not surprising and the growth in numbers was expected. He also mentioned “The growth numbers are pleasant but not really surprising, because we were expecting them to be robust which they turned out to be. This clearly indicates the momentum which is in the economy and the expectations that the 8.5-percentage points estimation for 2010-11 is going to be a clear possibility.”

The government has to now observe if this recovery is permanent and if it would continue after limited roll back of stimulus measures. The CSO, in its data has shown that for the budget 2010-11, the growth would witness a deceleration to 5.6 per cent as opposed to a prior estimate of 8.2 per cent. He also added “…since the stimulus has been partially rolled back, it also indicates the decline in community and personal and social services and the like,”

The private final consumption spending has decreased from 57.7 per cent in the previous financial year to 57.3 per cent in 2009-10.  This is an indicator that the economy of India is largely reliant on stimulus aids. At the same time the final consumption spending of the government has increased to 12.3 per cent from the earlier 11.7 per cent.  Several other sectors have shown missed trends. The gross fixed capital formation fell from 33 per cent to 32.4 percent, whereas the faming and allied sectors have shown a growth of 0.2 per cent. Sectors like quarry, manufacturing and mining have shown double digit growth, 10.6 per cent on 2009-10. Other sectors that have performed well are the services sector, transport and communication sectors.

The per capita income in 2009-10 was at Rs 44, 345 according to the CSO data. This data matched the earlier predictions of CSO to a large extent.  The value of the Indian economy fro 2009-10 has been made at Rs62.31 lakh crore.

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While there are some who may rejoice over this news, feeling that the Indian industrial sector has finally come of age, this is a worrying trend. A decrease in agricultural contribution to GDP is an indication of less production in the sector. For the past few years, due to the slow change in climate, farmers have been having a tough time with their crops. On top of it, there has been unprecedented growth in the real estate sector and may farm lands have been wiped out.

As the population of India grows and there are even more mouths to feed, a dip in the agricultural produce may not be the most encouraging sign. In the past couple of years, India already has had to deal with a dire shortage of food and therefore increased prices of various commodities. If the trend continues in the coming months too, there may be more effect on the prices and there may be more imports of food.

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“Surely, yields on government securities had firmed up, but only modestly. Even as fiscal deficit this year, as a percentage of GDP, is lower, the absolute amount of government borrowing in gross terms is roughly of the same order as in last year,” Mr. Subbarao said.

The RBI Governor said that Indian economy should move towards liberalization of capital account gradually and the path should be revisited periodically to effect changes to suit global and domestic economic conditions and to avoid the mistakes that led to the crisis. “Our position is that capital account convertibility is not a standalone objective but a means for higher and stable growth,” he said.

Mr. Subbarao continued, “We prefer long-term flows to short-term flows and non-debt flows to debt flows. The logic for that is self-evident. Our policy on equity flows has been quite liberal, and in sharp contrast to other emerging economies, which liberalized and then reversed the liberalization when flows became volatile, our policy has been quite stable.”

“Historically, we have used policy levers on the debt side of the flows to manage volatility. This has been our anchor when we had to deal with flows largely in excess of the economy’s absorption capacity in the years before the crisis. This has been our policy when we saw large outflows during the crisis. And I believe this will continue to be our policy,” he added.

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As the political ties between India and USA warm up, there is a likelihood for more such deals to go through. Technological cooperation for one, has been made much easier. This envisaged joint venture between GE and Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd. is believed to have a capacity to manufacture 30-100 megawatt steam turbines. The manufacturing plant itself will be located near Bangalore.

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According to the expectations of Assocham, the economy should grow by 8% from January to March in this fiscal year. This expectation is a result of recovery in the exports industry, good economic activities in the manufacturing sector, and intensified measures by domestic industry to utilize its capacity.

Mr. Swati Piramal, the President of Chamber, said, “…the current fiscal will end up with a GDP growth figure of 7.2 per cent to 7.4 per cent.”  From October to December 2009, country’s GDP had dropped to 6% due to fall in the out of agriculture sector. This was a total drop of 1%, since the economy had grew by 7% in the first six months of the fiscal year.

According to the calculations of Central Statistical Organisation, Indian economy will rise by 7.2% in the year 2009-2010. Indian Economy is showing diminishing trends in growth since last fiscal year when it grew by just 6.7%.

It was a result of global recession, since before that Indian economy grew by more than 9% for 3 consecutive years.
According to Assocham, engineering, automobile, heavy engineering, telecom and services are the sectors which are likely to make the most impact on the economic growth. Exports sector is also expected to perform much better in the last quarter of the fiscal year, after getting affected by the global slowdown.

Piramal added that there are indications of better capacity utilization by the domestic industry. She said, “This will further accelerate to provide enough boost for better GDP growth.”

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