India’s gross domestic product (GDP) has crept higher than it was before the Covid-19 pandemic. The September quarter GDP numbers show India’s real GDP at Rs 35.73 trillion. This is 8.4 per cent higher than it was in September 2020. The previous year suffered from the pandemic lockdowns and its effects.

       A comparison with pre-pandemic 2019 provides a sense of growth after Covid-19. GDP shows a growth of 0.3 per cent, compared with September 2019. Other large economies show varying trends. An analysis looks at two of them — the US and France. The latter is still 0.4 ...