With an aim to revive the domestic economic growth, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has pitched for creation of a conductive environment for investment and faster clearances of projects. Indian economy growth slowed down to around 5 percent in the previous fiscal.
In the mid-quarter monetary policy review, the RBI governor, D Subbarao said ‘ key to invigorating growth is accelerating investment by creating a conducive environment for private investment, improving project clearance and implementation and leveraging on the crowding-in role of public investment’.
Referring to the industrial output, the RBI chief said that there is an urgent need to address the weakness in manufacturing activities, which have slowed with a persistent contraction in mining activity. Industrial production growth slowed down to 2.3 per cent in April after picking up in the preceding month to 3.4 percent.
By adding further, Subbarao said that sluggish growth in capital goods production points to damped investment demand whereas a pick-up in consumer non-durables could be indicative of a fragile return of consumer confidence.
On the agriculture sector, the governor said that spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall over the next three months will be crucial in determining the performance of agriculture. Last year’s robust Rabi production and the current monsoon performance so far augur well for growth prospects, he added.
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