PM directs urgent steps to reverse climate of pessimism, revitalize economy

28 Jun 2012 Evaluate

Indian economy appears to be on a revival path with the new finance minister and the present Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the helm of affairs following the resignation of ex-finance minister Pranab Mukherjee who is tipped to be the front runner in the race to become the country’s president. The new finance minister called upon a meeting with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, PMEAC Chairman C Rangarajan and senior officials from the Finance Ministry after taking over the Finance portfolio and showed his intent to revitalize Asia’s third largest economy by initiating urgent steps to reverse the climate of pessimism with re-generation of animal spirit.

Manmohan Singh acknowledged that at the current juncture, India is passing through challenging times economically as growth rate has been deteriorating, the industrial production remains abysmal, investment climate too looks relatively unattractive while inflation also continues to be a problem. But, emphasizing that reviving investor sentiment was his top priority, he opined that government needs to work towards making India resilient in meeting external as well as internal challenges to get the economy going again and restart the India growth story.

The finance minister also voiced his concerns over the external factors and the way the exchange rate has behaved and also over the drying capital flows. While, he highlighted that there have been various challenges that have contributed to the general negative mood, Manmohan Singh advocated the idea of addressing problems on the tax front and he also called for solving problems faced by the Mutual Funds and Insurance sectors.

The finance minister is also scheduled to meet Reserve Bank of India Governor D Subbarao and Planning Commission members on June 28, 2012 as part of his review of affairs concerning the economy.

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