Gross domestic product (GDP) is an important metric for any country. It helps measure the total monetary value of goods and services flowing through an economy over a particular period of time.
In times of crisis, like the #coronaviruspandemic, the #GDP, along with other economic data points, is an indicator of the Indian economy’s health.
This doesn’t only include goods and services that were produced by domestic firms, but also the output generated by foreign companies in India as a result of foreign direct investment (FDI).
As long as output is generated within a country’s borders, the government will count it towards the #GDP.
There are three ways to calculate a country’s gross domestic product. And, in theory, no matter what method you use — the end result should be the same value.
As their respective names suggest, the #expenditure method calculates #GDP according to how much money was spent and the income method uses the amount of money earned.
The Gross Value Added (GVA) method or the factor cost method measures GDP by calculating value addition that was generated by each sector of the economy as it moves through the supply chain.
India’s #GDP is calculated using two different methods
To assess India’s productivity, the GDP is calculated using the factor cost method across eight industries and the expenditure methods to analyse how different areas of the economy are performing.
There are four parts to the expenditure method. Private consumption includes things like buying a car or eating out. Only final consumption is taken into account.
While an existing house, one where the owner is technically paying rent to himself, will count towards private consumption — buying a new house will be counted towards the second part of the formula, investment.
This is because a new house will be looked at as a good that will be used in future production. The same goes for other buildings, heavy machinery, and leftover scraps.
The third aspect of the expenditure method is government purchases. This includes salary to employees, direct benefit transfer (DBT) payments, pensions, subsidies and other ways that the government spends its money for the public good.
However, not all goods within a country are homemade. Some are bought from other countries. So when calculating foreign expenditure — the value of imports needs to be subtracted from the value of exports.
Imports are already accounted for within the first part of the expenditure method, private consumption.
Forget making back money, it looks like Brahmastra is taking down PVR & Inox investors with itself. With early reviews pouring cold water on #Brahmastra’s prospects, India’s largest theater chains PVR & Inox have cumulatively lost over ₹800 crore in market capitalization today.
In Indian mythology, #Brahmastra is known as a weapon of unstoppable destruction, which can only be stopped by its counterattack astra (weapon). Ironically, the movie could end up being a victim of the weapon it is named after.
The late #QueenElizabethII has visited India three times – in 1961, 1983 and 1997, each time accompanied by her husband and Duke of Edinburgh, the late Prince Philip. Her first visit came nearly 15 years after India's independence.
#KingCharlesIII takes over as the British monarch after the death of #QueenElizabethII, and that will lead to a demonetisation in the UK. New coins and currency notes will be minted and printed after the designs are approved.
The death of #QueenElizabethII has given the British monarchy its first King after over 70 years. The old coins and notes will be slowly phased out of circulation.
The old coins and notes featuring #QueenElizabeth II will continue to be legal tender for the time being.
The #iPhone14 is the base variant and comes with a few upgrades over its predecessor, including the A15 Bionic chipset, upgraded cameras and longer battery life.
Apple has announced the much-awaited #IPhone14 series, the company’s latest flagship offering. In addition to the iPhones, the company also announced Apple Watch SE, #AppleWatchSeries8, Apple Watch Ultra and the AirPods Pro gen 2.
Coming to the iPhone 14 series, the Cupertino giant has introduced four models – the base #iPhone14, iPhone 14 Plus, #iPhone14Pro and the top-end iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Apple has made significant changes to the iPhone 14 series.
Astronomers focused the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope on Tarantula Nebula, one of the brightest and most active star-forming regions in our galactic backyard, and found thousands of young stars they hadn't seen before, images released by NASA on Tuesday show.
The Tarantula Nebula, is an immense cloud of gas and dust about 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the #MilkyWay. The nebula has birthed some massive stars, a few that are more than 150 times the mass of our sun.