Though surging current account deficit is a big problem for now, Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia believes that India has all the requirements to return to a GDP growth rate of 8-percent in the coming years. While addressing an event he said, ‘India has averaged 7.5% growth in the last 10 years. It should have done that for 15 years but it is possible to bring it back to the average performance of the last decade. The target for 2013-14 is 6.5-7% and then accelerate further.
As per Ahluwalia, economic growth is important but that growth should be inclusive and sustainable. By adding further he said that in recent years, India has posted high economic growth, but it was not an inclusive growth and the latest data indicates that the pace of poverty reduction has increased. For the current fiscal, the economy is expected to grow by a little over 5 percent, but it is not a big disaster as the whole world is experiencing a slowing of growth, he added.
On the global scenario, Ahluwalia said, the current state of the economy is challenging, but the global financial system appears to be stabilizing. The focus of government policy is to attract the foreign investment and with the recovery of global economy, the country will re-assure foreign investors as India is a good bet for foreign investment. India has the human resources in place and an expanding private sector, the only problem is the current account deficit, which needs to be contained.
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