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When India’s GDP declines, Karnataka set to record higher growth rate of 8.5%

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February 17, 2018

Buoyed by a robust growth in services sector, the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Karnataka is set to record higher growth rate of 8.5% even as the country's GDP growth is projected to decline to 6.5% in 2017-18 as compared to 7.1% in 2016-17 at constant prices (2011-12).

According to the state Economic Survey for 2017-18 tabled in the legislature ahead of the Budget for 2018-19 by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the services sector is expected to grow by 10.4% in 2017-18 as against a growth of 8.9% during 2016-17.

During the last few years, the services sector has been contributing a larger portion of GSDP. The share of the sector saw a marginal increase from 65.53% in 2016-17 to 66.63% in 2017-18. The contribution of real estate, professional services and ownership of dwellings is highest with 35% in 2017-18, followed by manufacturing (13.88%), trade and repair services (9.27%) and crops (7.68%), the survey said.

GSDP is the most important indicator in measuring economic growth of the state. While in 2016-17, the country's GDP was 7.1% at Rs 1,21,96,006 crore at constant (2011-12) prices, the state's GSDP was growing at 7.5% at Rs 8,74,395 crore. This is now (2017-18) expected to grow at 8.5% and reach Rs 9,49,111 crore.

The gross state value added (GSVA) growth rate of agriculture and allied sector in 2017-18 has been lowered to 4.9% compared to 5.7% in 2016-17 on account of the decline in the area under tur and paddy to 3 lakh hectares and 2 lakh hectares respectively, in kharif 2017-18 compared to 2016-17.

The industry sector, which comprises of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction and electricity, gas and water supply, is expected to grow by 4.9% in 2017-18 against a growth of 3.7% during 2016-17. Also, the state's real estate, professional services and ownership of dwellings, is expected to grow at 11.5% in 2017-18, whereas, the first revised estimates (FRE) of 2016-17 was 10%.

"Our government is managing finances without causing deficit of resources for the developmental schemes of the state, even in the midst of financial burden caused on account of waiver of farm loan and pay revision of government employees," Siddaramaiah said in his Budget speech.

The Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) at constant prices is estimated at Rs 8,48,692 crore, showing a growth of 8.5%. The NSVA growth of agriculture and allied activities, industry and services sectors are expected to be 4.8%, 4.8% and 10.3% respectively, the survey added.

Per capita state income of Karnataka (at current prices) is estimated to increase by 10.9% to touch Rs 1,74,551 during 2017-18, against Rs 1,57,436 in 2016-17. In 2015-16, it was Rs 1,42,267. Karnataka's per capita income is higher by 56.2% over all-India per capita income for 2017-18, which is Rs 1,11,782. The level of per capita state income at constant prices is also expected to grow from Rs 1,20,496 during 2016-17 to Rs 1,29,362 for 2017-18 to reach an increase of 7.4%.

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March 2,2020

Tezpur (Assam), Mar 2: Seven boys, who had appeared for their class 10 board examinations, were apprehended on Sunday for allegedly raping and killing a 12-year-old girl in Assam's Biswanath district, police said.

The girl was hanged from a tree after the crime.

The incident happened on Friday in Chakla village under the jurisdiction of Gohpur police station, they said.

A senior police officer told PTI that the culprits, all of them High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examinees, were on the run, but were nabbed by a police team.

The accused after the examination had called the victim to a house on the pretext of organising a party and raped her, the officer said.

It is suspected that the girl was raped on Friday night and then hanged from a tree in a forest near the house, the senior police officer said.

The body was found on Saturday.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: Bajpe Police on Thursday registered yet another case against the prime accused in Mangaluru International Airport case, Aditya Rao.

According to the police, a complaint was received from the officials of Indigo flight that they had to delay their flight scheduled to take off for Hyderabad at 1615 hrs after receiving a hoax call from Aditya, threatening of bomb.

They also asserted that the passengers were de-boarded from the flight and the luggages were brought back to security check again.

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Agencies
July 30,2020

New Delhi, Jul 30: India's gold demand in 2020 is expected to fall to the lowest level in 26 years with domestic bullion prices hitting a record high and as falling disposable incomes could curtail retail purchases, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday.

Lower demand by the world's second-biggest bullion consumer could limit a rally in global prices, which hit a record high earlier this month, although it could also reduce India's trade deficit and support the ailing rupee.

"Fast rising gold prices could act as headwinds," said Somasundaram PR, the managing director of WGC's Indian operations.

Local gold futures have jumped 35% so far this year after rising a quarter in 2019.

India's gold consumption in the first half of 2020 plunged 56% on-year to 165.6 tonnes. Meanwhile, the coronavirus-triggered lockdown also slashed demand by 70% in the June quarter to 63.7 tonnes, the lowest in more than a decade, the WGC said in a report published on Thursday.

Millions of Indians have lost their jobs or taken a pay cut after the country imposed a lockdown on its 1.3 billion people to curb the spread of the virus that has infected more than 1.5 million Indians.

Consumption is generally high during the June quarter due to weddings and key festivals such as Akshaya Tritiya, but lockdown restrictions kept shoppers indoors this year.

The weak demand in the first half could drag down India's gold consumption in 2020 to the lowest since 1994, when demand stood at 415 tonnes, Somasundaram said, adding that it is still difficult to provide an estimate for full-year demand as the coronavirus crisis is still unfolding.

"Indian demand has previously jumped as much as 300 tonnes in a quarter. Latent demand could come out in the second half," Somasundaram said.

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