SME Times News Bureau | 20 Feb, 2020
Lashing out at the government for its lack of focus, former Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday termed the Centre's hopes of turning India
into a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25 as "wishful thinking".
"Today the government does not want to acknowledge the word slowdown. This
is not a good sign," he said after releasing "Backstage - The Story
Behind India's High Growth Years" by former Planning Commission Deputy
Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
"In such a scenario, raising India to become a $5 trillion economy by
2024-25 is wishful thinking", he said.
Pathways can emerge only through solid dialogue and discussions on the
challenges of taking the country forward, he added.
At the same time, he expressed the hope that there will be a debate for
carrying forward the economic reforms innitiated.