Recent reforms will bring back India to high growth path: PM

09 Jan 2013 Evaluate

Confident of returning to a higher growth path on account of strong economic fundamentals backed by sound policies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, new approaches would be needed to address challenges in infrastructure, education, energy, water and agriculture to sustain the annual growth rate of 8%.

In spite of domestic constraints and challenges, the government has taken a number of steps to boost domestic and foreign investment, accelerate project implementation and reform capital markets and the tax system. From an impressive average annual GDP growth rate of over 8% between 2004 and 2010, growth declined to 6.5% in 2011-2012 and may fall below 6% in the current year, Singh noted.

On economic development Singh said ‘this is an imperative for us because we need rapid growth and a healthy economy to meet the aspirations of an increasingly young India and make our economic development more inclusive and more sustainable.’ Despite continued focus on the rural area PM also stressed the need for paying greater attention to the expanding cities and towns.

© 2026 The Alchemists Ark Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. MoneyWorks4Me ® is a registered trademark of The Alchemists Ark Pvt. Ltd.

×