Stating fundamentals of Indian economy to be strong, R S Prasad claims Low GDP growth be temporary

News Bharati    12-Sep-2019
Total Views |
New Delhi, September 12: Terming the low GDP growth as a temporary phenomenon, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that things would improve in future as the fundamentals of Indian economy were strong. Ta: lking about the 5 per cent GDP growth registered in the first quarter of the fiscal, Prasad said here that global as well as local factors were responsible for it.

 
 
"The fundamentals of Indian economy are very strong. While inflation is 3.15 per cent, fiscal deficit is 3.4 per cent. We have kept both under control. Moreover, India has attracted USD 16.30 billion of foreign investment in 2019-20, a rise of 28 per cent," he said.
 
"Our foreign exchange reserves stand at USD 428 billion," said the minister for Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology while speaking about the achievements of the Narendra Modi government in the first 100 days in the second term.
 
"In all these parameters, India is very strong. If the GDP growth is 5 per cent in the first quarter, then it will improve in the future. This is a temporary phenomenon. It happened because of some global as well as local factors. But we are taking all necessary steps to boost the economy," he added.
 
Meanwhile, Prasad also announced that from the next month, income tax notices would not be served directly to tax payers. "Notices will be routed into a system which will take a call after examining them", he said.