Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has said that India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow in the range of 7.3-7.7 percent during the financial year 2018-19, on the back of strengthening demand in the rural economy, including agriculture and non-farm activities, as well as better global growth climate.
Sector-wise, CII projected 2.5-3.5 percent growth for the agriculture sector, 7.2-7.5 percent for the industrial sector and 8.4-8.7 percent for the services sector, with ‘construction’ and ‘trade and repairs’ to lead. CII President Rakesh Bharti Mittal has noted that there are some macro challenges like increasing oil prices, but that would be more than compensated by improving industrial performance.
Rakesh Bharti Mittal believed that the rural consumption will go up and that will help the industry in getting back investments into the manufacturing sector, and, as a whole, the manufacturing activities could go up to 7.2-7.5 percent. Though, he pointed out that the country's economic outlook was robust, risk factors remained like quality of public finances which may have an adverse impact on private investment, investment rate below 30 percent, rise in crude oil prices and rising international protectionism.
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