Concerned over the prevailing economic slowdown, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has attributed the present economic woes to a decade of jobless growth and underlined the need to contain rising inflation and accelerate economic reforms to boost low-cost manufacturing.
Finance Minister emphasised that there is a need to move towards an era of fiscal discipline with objective to reduce fiscal deficit, contain inflation and improve growth rate. Reviving the growth momentum is an overriding priority today to generate employment in the country. Arun Jailtley said that it has become imperative to boost manufacturing sector which has been struggling with slowdown. The growth in manufacturing sector declined by 0.7% year-on-year in 2013-14 compared with de-growth of 0.2% in 2012-13 on account of weak domestic demand. By adding further, Finance Minister said that ongoing slowdown in economic growth coupled with high inflationary pressure poses a challenge to India’s macro economic environment. As price stability and growth are intertwined, there should be balancing act between inflation and growth.
Presently, Indian economy is struggling with slowdown and the factors like high interest rates, low investments and slow execution of infrastructure projects have been impacting economy’s growth. India's economic growth stayed below 5 percent for the second year in a row at 4.7 percent during FY14 mainly owing to the decline in manufacturing and mining output. The mining and quarrying sector, which suffered the brunt of policy delays, shrank 1.4% year-on-year in FY14.
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