Growth rate will not to slip to 5% this fiscal: Montek

14 Sep 2012 Evaluate

Geared up with several policy measures to revive the economy growth, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia expressed confidence that financial growth of the nation is unlikely to dip to 5%. He noted that it is likely to improve in the second half of the year, since the government is triggering a lot of steps to boost the growth.

Albeit, the 12th Plan, 2012-17 draft document has warned that the continuing policy logjam might cause a drag in the growth rate by about 5%. Singh pointed out that the Commission is aiming an average annual growth of 8.2% during the 12th Plan. India’s financial growth in Q1 this fiscal, registered 5.5% growth, while for the last year same quarter it touched 8% growth. In Q4 2011-12, the economic growth of India was 5.3%.

The financial growth was sluggish in last financial year by about 6.5%, marking a nine-year low level; there is little hope for a much better growth number in the current fiscal. Industrial output in the Q1 2012-13 was almost flat registering a 0.1% growth. In this ailing financial situation, the Plan panel has decided to lower the growth target to 8.2% in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) from the previous target of 9%.

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