India come out strong from challenges posed by Covid, momentum needs to maintain: World Bank President

20 Jul 2023 Evaluate

Expressing optimism over India’s growth prospects, World Bank President Ajay Banga said that the country has come out strong from the challenges posed by the Covid pandemic but the momentum needs to be maintained. He said India is doing a lot of things which are helping it to stay ahead during times of a global slowdown. He added ‘One thing that is in India's favour is the very high percentage of GDP that comes domestically... India has come out strong from the challenges posed by the pandemic but the momentum needs to be maintained’. He noted ‘The best way to maintain this momentum is growth and more jobs. India is focussed on growing more and more and generating more jobs’.

About India's potential growth in high income jobs, Banga said ‘We need to understand where are these jobs. They are in technology, which are very few...then they are in manufacturing. India's opportunity currently is to cash in on the China plus strategy. This opportunity won't stay open for 10 years, it is a three to five years opportunity when supply chains start relocating or add another location that is going to need work’.

The World Bank President said he is preparing to pitch for private capital and corporate social responsibility funds to augment current sources of financing. He further said the gains made on poverty over the last three to four decades across the world took a hit due to the pandemic, climate change and higher debt in some countries. He said ‘the best way to drive a nail in the coffin of poverty is growth. You have to provide jobs to people...you have to provide education and skilling for those jobs. You have to provide healthcare for people’. Noting that India is focused on both growth and jobs, he said ‘I am actually more optimistic with all the infrastructure investment...both digital and physical infrastructure in India’.

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