Amid rising concerns over the deteriorating macroeconomic indicators of the country, Prime Minister's economic advisor C Rangarajan expects that Indian economy will grow at around 5.5 percent in the current fiscal on the back of strong farm output, adding that the county needs to address the issues that had thwarted GDP expansion. Earlier, in April, PMEAC had said that economic slowdown has bottomed out and Indian GDP growth would be at 6.4 percent in FY14.
By adding further, Rangarajan said that agriculture growth will likely get a boost from a strong monsoon and it should grow by 4-5 percent in the current fiscal as against 1.7 percent in the previous fiscal. If the non-farm sector grows at the same rate as last year, the GDP growth rate would be closer to 5.5 percent in the current fiscal.
At present, domestic economy is struggling with slowdown as all the macro-economic indicators have deteriorated with the current account deficit (CAD) widening to a record high of 4.8 percent of GDP in the FY14. The domestic currency also depreciated to a record low of over 68.50 against the US dollar. Further, Indian economic growth also slowed down to four year low at 4.4 percent in Q1 FY14.
Concerned over the high fiscal deficit of the country, Rangarajan pitched for substantial increase in diesel prices to meet the fiscal deficit target as the rupee depreciated over 20 percent since May. The government has set the target to contain the country’s fiscal deficit at 4.8 percent of GDP in FY14.
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