Govt in Budget 2020 lays foundation for $5 trillion economy: Nirmala Sitharaman

10 Feb 2020 Evaluate

Expressing optimism over India’s economic growth and achieving $5 trillion economy target, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the Centre, in the Budget 2020, has laid the foundation of increasing consumption while ensuring that the government's investment is deployed to build infrastructure leading to a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. She also pitched for rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates once a year and not every three months as was the trend so far.

Sitharaman said ‘I think we have laid the foundation for increasing consumption, ensuring that capex (capital expenditure) and government's investments will go towards spending on building of assets in infrastructure which should have cascading effects both in the short term and in the long term’. In order to address rural distress, she said 16 focused action points have been announced in the budget. So, she expects all this will lead to a five trillion dollar economy.

The Finance Minister further said ‘I am looking at the point of macroeconomic stability, building assets in the country, money directly going to hands of individuals because of reduced tax rates and so on.’ She added that announcements were made in the Budget about various projects which are happening in different states.

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