Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hopes for double-digit growth in GDP in this financial year

05 Sep 2022 Evaluate

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has expressed aspiration for a double-digit growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in this financial year, and said the nation is on a strong wicket when compared to others, and is responsive in terms of extending hand-holding to the required sections. She also said the country has zero per cent chance of slipping into recession.

She said ‘I hope for (double-digit growth). We will work for it…So if you’re not on the verge of recession, it also gives me the confidence that if you are constantly responsive in terms of the sections which need hand-holding, in terms of the boost that we have to give to the economy…’. Recent figures released by the Centre indicated that the nation clocked 13.5 per cent growth in GDP in the first quarter of the current financial year. It was 20.1 per cent a year ago.

She further said some may argue that the high growth rate is because of the low base. She added ‘compared to economies we are talking about, we are on a sound wicket. We are literally the fastest growing economy’. Referring to the World Bank and IMF reports, the Union minister said she was also taking into consideration the fact that economies which were far more developed than India and comparable with the country, are on the verge of recession.

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