Indian economy to see positive growth in Q4FY21: Rajiv Kumar

03 Dec 2020 Evaluate

Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has said the Indian economy is coming out of the pandemic-induced degrowth and GDP growth will enter the positive territory in the fourth quarter of this fiscal (Q4FY21). Kumar also said the Centre's new agriculture reform laws are aimed at increasing the income of farmers and the present agitation was a result of misunderstanding and miscommunication which need to be removed.

He mentioned ‘the second quarter GDP figure (contraction of 7.5 per cent) reflects that the economy is coming out of this pandemic-induced degrowth phase and my expectation is that in the third quarter, we will achieve the same level of economic activity as the year-ago period. The fourth quarter will show a small but positive growth over the previous year because the government has... ushered in many structural reforms and some more are in the pipeline.’

Besides, stating that all those reforms will provide a very strong foundation for accelerating the economic growth in the fiscal year 2021-22 and beyond, he said ‘we have now shrugged off the negative impact of the pandemic and are moving towards a sustained high growth trajectory in the coming years.’ About India's growth figure in the current fiscal year, he said it will be better than negative 9 or 10 per cent, as has been forecast by many, including the RBI.

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