Indian Economy will grow by 10% or more in current fiscal: Niti Aayog VC

NEW DELHI : Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said that, Indian economy is expected to grow by more than 10% in the current fiscal year and more than 8% in the next fiscal year, on Tuesday.

Kumar further said about the book launch event that the seven years of the Modi administration laid a strong economic foundation for businesses to thrive in India.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has had problems (economic growth) for two years. The IMF forecasts 9.5% growth in 2021.

“According to the IMF, India will be the fastest growing major economy in the next five years. These are underestimates,” Kumar said.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lowered its growth forecast for the current fiscal year from the previous 10.5% to 9.5%, while the IMF forecasts growth of 9.5% in 2021 and 8.5% the following year.

“India will grow more than 10% this year (2021-22), and when we get out of the Covid-19 pandemic, we (the Indian economy) will grow more than 8% in 2022. -23 “said Kumar.

“Things are changing and people are ready to invest in India,” he said.

Vice Chairman Niti Aayog said India’s potential growth rate would rise by up to 8 percent. Last month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered India’s potential growth forecast to 6% because of a pandemic.

Potential growth is the growth that the economy can sustain in the medium term without causing excessive inflation.

The country’s economy was record in the April-June quarter, helped by a sharp recovery in manufacturing and services, despite a very weak foundation and a devastating second Covid wave last year. It has grown by 20.1 percent.

Mr Kumar said Indians are now getting better quality work.

For the past 18 months, Vice Chairman Niti Aayog said CMIE (Centre for Monitoring Indian Economic) data showed improved job creation and EPFO ​​and PLFS data showed new job creation.

However, Kumar admitted that work may not be coming at the speed “we want”.

He said that during the seven years of the Modi administration, 485 government schemes were brought under direct profit transfer (DBT). “Rs 572,000 has been transferred through DBT,” Kumar said.

According to Kumar, India’s reform gestation period was seven years. “The (gestation) period was reduced during the Modi administration,” he said.