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Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr>
Choppy <\/td>Jerky <\/td><\/tr>
Spur <\/td>Incite or stimulate<\/td><\/tr>
Reckon <\/td>Expect to be true; believe <\/td><\/tr>
Woe <\/td>Great sorrow<\/td><\/tr>
Assertion <\/td>A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)<\/td><\/tr>
Meagre <\/td>Deficient in amount, quality or extent<\/td><\/tr>
Evoke <\/td>Make appear<\/td><\/tr>
Flashback <\/td>An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience <\/td><\/tr>
Trajectory <\/td>the way in which a process or event develops over a period of time<\/td><\/tr>
Reluctant <\/td>Offering resistance <\/td><\/tr>
Uptick <\/td>A small increase<\/td><\/tr>
Silver lining <\/td>a comforting or hopeful aspect of an otherwise desperate or unhappy situation<\/td><\/tr>
Lingering <\/td>to persist or continue, esp in the mind<\/td><\/tr>
Aloof <\/td>apart<\/td><\/tr>
Flare up<\/td>Erupt or intensify suddenly<\/td><\/tr>
Squeeze <\/td>to oppress with exacting demands<\/td><\/tr>
Dampen <\/td>Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity<\/td><\/tr>
Rising tide <\/td>an increase in the amount or strength of something<\/td><\/tr>
Strand <\/td>Drive (a vessel) ashore<\/td><\/tr>
Detritus <\/td>The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Choppy (jerky) <\/strong>waters: On India\u2019s post-COVID recovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The economy\u2019s post-COVID recovery is far from complete; spurring (Incite or stimulate) <\/strong>consumption is the key <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

India\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) is reckoned (Expect to be true; believe) <\/strong>to have grown 8.7% while the Gross Value Added (GVA) rose 8.1% in 2021-22, as per national income estimates released on Tuesday. Coming on the back of the sharp decline in economic activity due to the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020-21, when GDP crashed 6.6% and GVA by 4.8%, the latest numbers show India is emerging out of the tunnel of pandemic-induced woes (Great sorrow)<\/strong>. The overall GDP and GVA have indeed recovered from pre-pandemic levels, but only just, by 1.5% and 2.9%, respectively. Remember that growth had already been on a steady decline through 2019-20 even before the lockdowns of 2020 \u2014 with GDP growing just 3.7%. The Government\u2019s assertion (A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)) <\/strong>that the data establish a \u2018full economic recovery\u2019 is not entirely true. For one, it is not a V-shaped recovery, with GVA from job-creating sectors (trade and hotels) still 11.3% below 2019-20\u2019s low levels. This has kept the services sector, as a whole, in line with pre-COVID levels, not above. While GVA from industry is up 6.7% over 2019-20, another job creating sector, construction, is up only 3.4%, while mining has grown a meagre (Deficient in amount, quality or extent) <\/strong>1.9% over the two-year period. Manufacturing lifted the industry GVA, growing 9.3% from 2019-20 levels, but there are cracks on that front \u2014 the January to March 2022 quarter (Q4 of 2021-22) recorded a 0.2% contraction, year-on-year. Overall GDP growth slipped to a four-quarter low of 4.1% in Q4, down from 5.4% in Q3, evoking (Make appear) flashbacks (An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience) <\/strong>of the 2019-20 slowdown and raising concerns about the trajectory (the way in which a process or event develops over a period of time) <\/strong>going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With reluctant (Offering resistance) <\/strong>demand, supply-chain and input cost woes hurting manufacturing, agriculture (that grew at a five-quarter high of 4.1%) and public administration services (whose growth dipped to 7.7% from 16.7% in Q3) lifted the Q4 numbers amid slower growth in Services and Mining over Q3, and a mild 2% uptick (A small increase) <\/strong>in Construction. A recovery in investment demand, helped by the Government\u2019s capital spending, is a silver lining (a comforting or hopeful aspect of an otherwise desperate or unhappy situation)<\/strong>, but the lingering (to persist or continue, esp in the mind) <\/strong>concern is that consumption remains troubled, and unless it recovers, private investments will remain aloof (apart)<\/strong> as will sustainable high growth. Private final consumption expenditure grew 7.9% in 2021-22, but it was just \u20b91.2 lakh crore or 1.4% over 2019-20. Worse, as inflation flared up (Erupt or intensify suddenly)<\/strong>, households\u2019 consumption growth has steadily dropped through 2021-22, growing a mere 1.8% in Q4. Price rise, combined with higher interest rates, could squeeze (to oppress with exacting demands) <\/strong>middle class disposable incomes and dampen (Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity) <\/strong>consumption further. Yes, India is the fastest growing major economy and likely to remain so in 2022-23. But the rising tide (an increase in the amount or strength of something)<\/strong> in the past year has not been enough to lift all boats stranded (Drive (a vessel) ashore) <\/strong>in the detritus (The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up) <\/strong>of the pandemic and the slowdown that preceded it. The waters are choppy with war and recession worries in the developed world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to improve your vocabulary further? Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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