India’s current fiscal growth rate to be over 6%: PMEAC Chairman

02 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman, C Rangarajan expects India's economic growth rate to be 6% plus levels in current fiscal and has estimated growth of 6.4%. He said that public sector investments would act as driver of economic growth in this fiscal.

To improve the economic situation, Rangarajan emphasized the need for added focus on the agriculture and power sectors. He maintained that India could record sound economic growth rates even at the reduced investment rates of 30%. He further said that “Investment rate of 30%” is still not low, though it is lower than 2007-08. But it is reasonably high rate. It gives us hope that if obstacles are removed, India can record higher growth rates in the short run.

The Reserve Bank of India has estimated the economy to grow at 5.7% in the current fiscal, while the Finance Ministry has forecast 6.1-6.7% growth. In 2012-13, the growth rate in the fourth quarter was 4.8% while the estimated rate was 5%.

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