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Electricity, coal, petroleum products, natural gas consumption figures have indicated that India is far from any recession. This comes at a time when a worldwide slowdown or recession is a real possibility, given the current state of the global economy. Business Today Magazine s The Point decodes the latest consumption figures for coal, petroleum products, natural gas and electricity to showcase how the Indian economy is faring.
The current trajectory of the economy is very strong that’s reflected in very strong numbers of tax collections, car sales, airline traffic and a whole range of indicators but given that interest rates in India and globally are going up, export numbers are staring to weaken quite meaningfully now, say economists.