India likely to overtake UK to become world's fifth largest economy: IHS Markit

04 Jun 2019 Evaluate

Expressing optimism over Indian economic growth, IHS Markit in its latest report has said India is likely to overtake the UK to become the world's fifth largest economy this year and added that by 2025, Indian GDP is also forecast to surpass Japan, which will make India the second-largest economy in the Asia-Pacific region.

The report said that the economic outlook looks positive for the second term of Modi government, with GDP growth forecast to average around 7% per year over the 2019-2023 period. IHS Markit is also expecting increase in India’s contribution to global GDP growth momentum. Besides, it highlighted that India will also play an increasingly important role as one of the Asia-Pacific region's major economic growth engines, helping to drive Asian regional trade and investment flows.

Further, IHS said that in Modi's second term of office, India will continue to confront significant economic challenges. A key policy priority for the Indian government will be to continue to drive reforms in the public sector banks and reduce the burden of non-performing (or bad) loans on their balance sheets.

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