GDP Growth To Top 8% On Monsoons, Reforms: Arvind Panagariya
A good monsoon, reforms and timely decision-making at the Centre will definitely push India's growth beyond the 8 percent mark in subsequent quarters of this fiscal, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya has said.
I am confident that it (GDP number) will be over 8 per cent in subsequent quarters (this fiscal),” Panagariya said. Elaborating, he said, “This will happen because there will be impact of reforms also (besides a good monsoon). We still have not seen (the impact of reforms). There were serious governance issues earlier. Projects were stuck. The decisions were not taken at the Centre.Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog
India's growth rate slipped to a 6-quarter low of 7.1 percent in April-June due to subdued performance of mining, construction and farm sectors. The figure was 7.9 percent in January-March. Last year, Indian economy expanded by 7.5 percent in the April-June quarter. Admitting that the 7.1 percent is a slight dampener in the first quarter, he said, “It was slightly lower than my expectations. First quarter data did not have any impact of the good monsoon this year.”
India's foodgrain output is estimated to rise by 9 percent to an all-time high of 135.03 million tonnes in the kharif season (summer sown) of 2016-17 on record output of rice and pulses following bountiful rains. Foodgrain production stood at 124.01 million tonnes (mt) in the kharif season of 2015-16 crop year (July-June). Higher output of pulses will also help soften retail prices, which have remained a sticking point. The country's overall foodgrain production had fallen to around 252 mt level in each of the previous two full crop years – including kharif and rabi – due to two consecutive years of drought.
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