Economy to grow 7.5pc in fy23: India.

India's real gross domestic product (GDP) is set to grow 7.5 percent in the current fiscal year (FY23) and this will make it the fastest-growing major economy in the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, while virtually addressing the BRICS Business Forum. This is the first time a real GDP growth projection has been given for the year by the government in the ongoing current financial year. The Union Budget gives out the nominal GDP figure, and the government usually goes by the Reserve Bank of India's real GDP projection, which stands at 7.2 percent for FY23. The PM's forecast is in line with the World Bank's forecast but lower than the International Monetary Fund's much more bullish projection of 8.2 percent. "We are expecting growth of 7.5 percent this year, which will make us the fastest-growing major economy," the prime minister told...