Current Economic Data
GDP
1. GDP Growth Rate – 7% FY19
2. Sectoral Distribution of India’s GDP:
Agriculture Sector – 15.87% Industry Sector – 29.73% Services Sector – 54.40%
Monetary Sector
1. Repo Rate – 5.15% (OCT 2019)
2. Reverse Repo Rate – 4.90% (OCT 2019)
3. CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) – 4% (JUN 2019)
4. SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) – 18.5% (JUN 2019)
5. MSF (Marginal Standing Facility) – 5.40% (OCT 2019)
6. Bank Rate – 5.40% (OCT 2019)
Taxation (Fiscal)
1. Tax to GDP Ratio – 11.9%
2. Fiscal Deficit – 3.4% (2018-19)
3. Revenue Deficit – 2.2% (2018-19)
4. Primary Deficit – 0.2% (2018-19)
5. Gross Tax Revenue – 11.9% (2018-19)
6.Non-Tax Revenue – 1.3% (2018-19)
7. Central Government Debt – 48.9% (2018-19)
Agriculture
1. Total Food Production – 284 Million Tonnes (MT) (2017-18)
2. Rice Production – 112 MT
3. Wheat Production – 99 MT
4. Coarse Cereals – 47 MT
5. Pulses Production – 25 MT
Industry
1. IIP Growth (Index of Industrial Production) – 1.7% (Jan 2019)
Services
1. PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) –
External Economy
1. Forex Reserves – $435 bn (OCT 2019)
2. Exports – $299 bn (May 2019)
3. Imports – $453 bn (May 2019)
4. External Debt – $521 bn (May 2019)
5. FDI – $55 bn (May 2019)
6. Remittances – $79 bn (May 2019)
7. India’s Import Cover – 9.5 Months (Jan 2019)
8. Current Account Deficit – 2.5% (Mar 2019)
Socio-Economic Data
1. Birth Rate – 20.8/1000
2. Death Rate- 6.5/1000
3. Infant Mortality Rate – 37/1000 Live births
4. Life Expectancy – 68.3
5. Literacy Rate – 73%
6. Gross Enrolment Ratio – Class I – V (99.2%) , Class V – VIII (92.8%), Class I – VIII (96.9%)