India aiming higher growth trajectory of 8 percent: Ahluwalia

12 Oct 2012 Evaluate

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that India is aiming to get back on higher growth trajectory of 8 percent as it would help in generating more jobs and promoting inclusive growth.

'We are trying to get back to 8 percent growth and that is good for the world. In my view the central focus should be on getting growth back.' Earlier he had said that there are many things currently that are being talked about and need to be done quickly. If we want to get growth back to 9%, the agenda is very large.

Speaking on the sidelines of IMF-World Bank annual meetings, Ahluwalia said that focusing on growth does not necessarily mean ignoring job creation. 'I don't think that getting growth back would ignore jobs nor do I think that the growth that we were having was all that anti-jobs'. From the point of view of India, he said, the aim would be to get back to the kind of growth which was possible as exports would remain subdued for several years.

Planning Commission Deputy Chief further pointed out that probably the country will run somewhat bigger current account deficit, so key macro challenge is to get enough money ploughing into the country as FDI, FII etc.

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