President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed his hope that given the macro economic prospects, Indian economy will regain growth rate of over 8% soon, as the macroeconomic parameters like inflation and external sector balance have improved in the past year. He said “there is no greater imperative than a robust and sustained economic growth”. He added that the country’s $350 billion plus foreign reserves will put India in a comfortable position to deal with the global challenges of economic developments.
President said that achieving high growth rate will be an effective tool for fighting scourge of poverty and further stated that it is not enough to be satisfied by poverty alleviation, as the country will also have to commit for elimination of poverty, which can be done with the help of generating gainful employment opportunities and creation of skilled labor force. About 85 million people have been out of poverty during 2009-10 to 2011-12 period. The population of the country living below the poverty line declined from 37.2% in 2004-05 to 21.9% in 2011-12. The President said developing businesses into models of excellence call for better appreciation of the socio economic realities as businesses also add value to the society.
Mukherjee said that the experience of the developed economies in the past few years suggests that an economy at full employment but with inflation higher than the normal may be better positioned to withstand a bout of financial stress than the one that is flirting with deflation and added that 'Fiscal expansionary measures helped in maintaining the growth momentum amidst downturn anxieties emanating from the global markets'.
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