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India enters unprecedented recession with two consecutive quarters of GDP fall
28-Nov-2020

India entered an unprecedented recession with the economy contracting in the three months through September due to the lingering effects of lockdowns to contain the Covid-19 outbreak. Gross domestic product declined 7.5% last quarter from a year ago, the Statistics Ministry said in a report Friday. That compares with a forecast for an 8.2% drop in a Bloomberg survey of economists, and follows a record 24% contraction the previous quarter.

News Source:- https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/india-enters-unprecedented-recession-with-two-consecutive-quarters-of-gdp-fall/2138253/