Expressing confidence on economic recovery, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the economy would grow by 5.5 percent in the current financial year and improve to 6 percent in 2013-14. Observing that euro-zone crisis is still continuing, Chidambaram said ‘recession in Europe, Japan and Brazil will naturally affect us however, our economy has been witnessing growth and this year it will be 5.5 percent'.
Despite the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), who placed the figures at 5 percent for current fiscal, Chidambaram said that India would come out of the low GDP growth and see 6 percent next year followed by 7 percent growth rate leading to 9 percent gradually, while the economy grew by 6.2 percent in FY12 and 9.3 percent in FY11.
While, expressing views on 2008 financial crises, Chidambaram said that the Indian economy was hit adversely by the global financial meltdown of September 2008, but the stimulus packages provided by the government at that time had helped in economy recovery. He also emphasized that there should be a balance between the welfare schemes and the need to promote growth as without it would not be possible for the government to fund social sector programmes.
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