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April macroeconomic data indicates strong start to FY24: India's DEA

23 May '23
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The Indian department of economic affairs (DEA) noted a strong beginning to this fiscal (FY24), with most macro-economic high-frequency data showing April carried over the momentum from the last quarter of FY23, the finance ministry said in its latest Monthly Economic Review.

The review noted a strong evidence of private sector investment improving.

Purchasing manager’s index for manufacturing was at a four-month high in April this year, it said.

“Buoyed by sustainable growth in activity, increasing capacity utilisation to investment triggering 75 per cent, the corporates have started investing in new capacity. During Q4FY23, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy reports the completion of projects worth ₹60,000 crore and the announcement of new projects valued at ₹10.9 trillion,” the report stated.

Prospects for the agriculture sector also appear to be bright in FY24.

The review could foresee healthy prospects for the kharif season, higher minimum support prices (MSP) for crops, and increased budgetary spending by the government are likely to enhance farmers’ income and boost the rural economy.

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