Revival of interest by investors to push economic growth: FM

23 Jan 2013 Evaluate

Encouraged by 'revival of interest' by investors in India, Finance Minister P Chidambaram expressed hope that the country's economy will expand by 6-7 percent for FY14. During the investor conference finance minister said ‘current (fiscal) year, we will not do better than 5.7 percent. Next year, we hope to have a growth of 6-7 percent and with the revival in investment activities, India would be able to achieve its potential growth rate of over 8 percent.’

Elaborating on the reason for optimism, Chidambaram said that the recent measures taken by the government has resulted into the revival of investor interest in India. By adding further he said that people are coming to us for inquiries, approaching banks and this is a clear indication of revival in investor interest. Further he said that India has the potential to grow over 8 percent and if investment gathers pace year after, we will again get back to our growth rate of 8 percent.

While, the global economic slowdown has also affected India's economic growth, and its GDP fell to 5.4 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal. It may end the year with a decade low growth of 5.7 per cent. Meanwhile, India had posted growth rate of over 9 per cent for three years in a row. 

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