Improvement of macro-economic parameters essential for 9% growth: Mukherjee

12 Apr 2013 Evaluate

As per India’s President Pranab Mukherjee, India needs to improve macro-economic parameters like inflation, fiscal balance and current account deficit to achieve the 9 percent economy's growth rate. India’s current-account deficit swelled to $32.6 billion in the third quarter of FY13, or 6.7 percent of gross domestic product, stoked by gold and oil imports and subdued exports. While, India's economic growth rate declined from 9.3% in 2010-11 to 6.2% in 2011-12 and is estimated to fall to 5% in 2012-13.

The decline in growth was due to the factors like tight monetary policy aimed at containing inflation, lack of adequate procedural flexibility for projects and reduction in export demand due to global slowdown. However, to improve the macro-economic parameters, the government has drawn a road-map to bring down the fiscal deficit to 3% of the GDP by 2016-17, from 5.2% in 2012-13. Similarly, steps are being taken to reduce the current account deficit.

Referring to the current business environment, Mukherjee said the present downbeat atmosphere in business is unwarranted and domestic economy will take advantage of the likely improvement in the global economy. Foreign investors are positive about our economy as the net inflow from Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) stood at Rs 1.6 lakh crore in 2012, which reflected a substantial rise from Rs 39,000 crore in 2011, he added. By adding further he said, we should leverage this growth outlook by enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic industry, especially export enterprises. 

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