Assuring the global investors about Indian economy’s growth, Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram has stated that policies of the new government will deepen the reform process to put Indian economy back on high growth path which is in line with the G20 objective of strong, sustainable and balanced growth. India's economic growth stayed below 5 percent for the second year in a row at 4.7 percent during FY14.
Arvind Mayaram has asserted that as per the priorities of the new elected government, India has started strengthening growth strategies. Mayaram further added that global scenario has become challenging and less supportive for emerging economies growth prospects. Emerging markets are going through a phase of tepid economic activity, with some of them witnessing significant negative output gaps mainly due to the external factors especially increased volatility with unwinding of unconventional policies. Referring to prevailing crisis in Iraq, Mayaram has stated that recent developments in Iraq have created huge uncertainties over the global economy and the volatility in petroleum prices has put pressure on countries like India.
Iraq is India's second largest crude oil supplier after Saudi Arabia. It met over 13% of India's oil need in 2013-14, supplying about 25.1 million tonnes (MT) of oil. The same level of imports was projected to be maintained in current fiscal. The price of the Indian crude basket has soared from $106.88 on June 2 to $111.94 on June 19. At the same time, Indian rupee has weakened against the dollar and is now hovering at Rs 60.20 as compared to Rs 58.50 per dollar early this month. Every dollar increase in the oil price raises the import bill by Rs 7,500-8,000 crore. High crude oil price can increase inflation as well as trade deficit in India.
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