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Indian economy needs to grow by additional 1-1.5%: FM

31 Dec 2015 Evaluate

Amid the concerns of slowing growth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that Indian economy needs to grow by additional 1-1.5 percentage points to sustain wage hike and other benefits given to workers and the poor. He said that “Our country is growing at a good pace of 7.5 per cent at a time when the global economy is experiencing a slowdown, which is appreciable in itself; but we need to increase our growth rate. We have to at least increase it by 1-1.5 per cent”.

Jaitley further said that we need to increase our economic activities as this will result in a rise in revenues, which then can help to reduce additional financial burdens. In the coming year, he said, the Centre would have to bear a burden of Rs. 1.02 lakh crore on account of the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations, besides the burden from the one rank one pension for veterans.

He also said that the government is ready to have dialogue with the trade unions with regard to wage increase, as its view is that the benefits of economic development should first accrue to labourers and the poor. He said minimum wages of labour should be at least respectable and take care of inflation.

FM pointed that good monsoon can add cutting edge to growth numbers. He said low global crude oil prices have been a blessing in disguise for the government, helping to bolster resources for higher investment. Recently, the government scaled down its GDP growth estimates in its Mid-Year Economic Analysis for this financial year to 7-7.5% from 8.1-8.5% on account of a rainfall deficit and a slowdown in exports.

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