Coronavirus may impact India's March quarter GDP growth by 0.20% after epidemic hits imports from China for crucial sectors: Report
FirstpostThe brokerage cut its fiscal 2020-21 real GDP growth estimate marginally to 5.6% as against the previous estimate of 5.7%, but added that there will be a recovery in the next financial year. Mumbai: The coronavirus epidemic can impact India’s March quarter GDP growth by 0.20 percent as imports from China for crucial sectors have got affected, a foreign brokerage said on Monday. “While the situation is still evolving and the scale of economic impact is highly uncertain at this point, we think an adverse impact of 0.20 percent could be felt in India’s real Gross Domestic Product growth for the March 20 quarter,” it said. The brokerage also cut its fiscal 2020-21 real GDP growth estimate marginally to 5.6 percent as against the previous estimate of 5.7 percent, but added that there will be a recovery in the next financial year.