As per the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry Raghuram Rajan, recent initiatives of the government will push economic growth rate in the current fiscal. Rajan said that the government is not satisfied with the 5 percent GDP growth in previous fiscal and hoped that good Rabi crop and accelerated government spending would propel growth.
Referring to the inflation, Rajan said that the overall WPI inflation is showing signs of easing and efforts should be made to bring down food inflation. The WPI in April stood at 4.89 percent. Retail inflation too would come down and hoped that it would find reflection in the next monetary policy of the RBI on June 17.
By adding further, he said ‘There are a number of pieces of legislations which have to be passed. If we can summon up for the passage of GST, insurance and companies bills, that could be a signal to domestic and external investors that there is a forward movement’. Rajan hoped that reforms legislations like the GST and insurance bill will be passed soon to improve investor confidence. The Goods and Service tax (GST) Bill will usher in a new indirect tax regime, while, the insurance bill seeks to raise FDI cap in the sector to 49 percent, from existing 26 percent.
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