Insights into Editorial: GDP shrinks by 7.3%; Q4 uptick moderates 2020­21 carnage

  Context: India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 7.3% in 2020-21, as per provisional National Income estimates released by the National Statistical Office, marginally better than the 8% contraction in the economy projected earlier. GDP growth in 2019-20, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, was 4%. The Gross Value Added (GVA) in the economy shrank …