Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian has said that Indian economy will grow at the highest rate and also remain an attractive investment destination, amid the global financial turmoil. He further stated “Whatever projections you are seeing, as a highest growing country among all the major economies, India will remain a relatively attractive investment destination”.
Outlining the opportunities before India, Subramanian said the country has a lot of untapped potential in many areas including infrastructure. In order to make investment more attractive in this sector, the cost of building infrastructure needs to go down and said that various global companies like Siemens and Foxconn are looking to invest in India. Further, talking about the problems in China, he said that the slowdown will have less impact on India as the country’s export to China as share of GDP is much less, though some sectors like steel may face challenges as it has excess capacity. Subramanian also stated the impact of declining oil prices will help India to maintain macro-economic stability because oil is a key determinant of inflation, fiscal deficit and current account deficit.
Subramanian further highlighted that in a sense some of these investments are also being used as a hedge against China's slowdown. So for all these reasons India will remain an attractive investment destination and added that the despite global financial turmoil, the challenges are potential opportunity for India going forward. Besides, he asserted that the Prime Minister has clarified that 'this is not a matter of one country taking advantage of another country's performance deteriorating, it is a matter of seeing challenges as opportunity that arise'.
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