Indian economy not in trouble; green shoots visible: Finance Minister

12 Feb 2020 Evaluate

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that Indian economy is not in trouble and green shoots are clearly visible with the country moving towards a $5 trillion economies. Listing the initiatives the government has taken, she said, growing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), rise in factory output and over Rs 1 lakh crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) mop-up in the past three months are signs of green shoots in the economy.

Sitharaman also stated that global sentiment is in favor of India. She highlighted that foreign investors continue to show confidence in India and that is why the country has attracted a net FDI of $24.4 billion in April-November 2019-20 as against $21.2 billion in the same period last fiscal. Net Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) in April-November 2019-20 was positive at $12.6 billion as against $8.7 billion in the year-ago period. Adding further, she said the gross GST revenue during the month of January, 2020 has shown an impressive growth of 12 percent, while in November 2019, it was 6 percent. So, she said ‘there is a steady growth and therefore negative growth, which it showed in September and October, has been corrected and we are on a positive growth trajectory and this will obviously bring in greater and newer investments to the economy and it will also reduce the business cost.’

The Minister further said that the government's focus is on four engines of growth which include private investment, private consumption, public investment, and exports. With regard to public investment, she said, the government in December announced a National Infrastructure Pipeline. It envisages investment of Rs 103 lakh crore for infrastructure development across the country in the next four years (till 2024-25). To boost consumption, the government has increased the Minimum Support Price of all mandated Rabi and Kharif crops for 2019-20.

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