Growth of economy slowed to 5.5 percent in Q2: FM

26 Nov 2012 Evaluate

Ahead of the release of GDP figures for second quarter on November 30, by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), the Finance Minister P Chidambaram has indicated that growth of the economy slowed to 5.5 percent in July-September quarter of the current fiscal from 6.9 percent during the same period last year.

The growth remained 5.5 percent in first quarter too and the FM stated that 'When our growth declined to 5.5 percent in the first quarter of this financial year, and when growth is likely to be around 5.5 percent in the second quarter of this financial year, it goes without saying that we face a difficult situation.'

Lots of international and local agencies have scaled down the growth target of the Indian GDP; even the Reserve Bank has scaled down India's economic growth prospects for the fiscal to 5.8 percent from 6.5 percent. Chidambaram has called upon the banks to play an active role in reviving the economy and has said that there is a need to find innovative ways to increase output of goods and services to overcome the difficult economic situation.

However, regarding fiscal deficit he said that the government would stick to the borrowing programme announced in the Union Budget for the current financial year and will remain in the limit of the budgeted Rs 5.7 lakh crore for the entire financial year.

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