Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das has said that the government's commerce and trade department is working towards increasing exports to China with an aim to bridge the trade deficit and formulate a sustainable trade relationship. He also highlighted that total trade between two countries in 2016 was $71 billion and India had a very wide trade deficit of $46 billion.
Das has stated that there has to be consistency and balancing regarding the huge trade deficit with China so the two countries are able to move together. He also said that as far as government is concerned India's policy is to have a very good economic partnership with China. The Secretary further said that Chinese President during his visit to India in 2014 had announced $20 billion investment in the country and it has started flowing in. He added that they are looking for more inflow of investment from China and their embassy is working closely with China for this.
Talking about new methodology of GDP calculation, Shaktikanta said that earlier it was based on factor cost and now it is based on market price which is more internationally aligned. He said that change in method of GDP calculation was under consideration for long and it was not a sudden decision.
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