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Single-volume Indian Economic Survey to project 9% growth for FY22

27 Jan '22
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The Indian finance ministry is likely to come out with a single volume Economic Survey for fiscal 2021-22, and experts say it would project a growth of around 9 per cent for the next fiscal. The economy contracted by 7.3 per cent in 2020-21 due to pandemic-induced lockdowns. The Economic Survey 2020-21 had projected a growth of 11 per cent during this fiscal.

As per the advance estimates of the National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s economy is expected to record a growth of 9.2 per cent during this fiscal—a bit lower than 9.5 per cent projected by the Reserve Bank of India.

The impact of virus on the economy was relatively lesser during this fiscal as the lockdowns were local in nature and did not cause large-scale disruption to economic activity, a news agency reported.

The last Economic Survey had said growth will be supported by supply-side push from reforms and easing of regulations, push for infrastructural investments, boost to manufacturing sector through the production-linked incentive schemes, recovery of pent-up demand, increase in discretionary consumption subsequent to rollout of vaccines and pick up in credit given adequate liquidity and low interest rates.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)

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