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4.7% GDP growth indicates economy's steadiness, claims FM
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SME Times News Bureau | 29 Feb, 2020
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday termed the 4.7 per cent
GDP growth of Q3 as "steadiness" in the economy and a good sign, soon
after the official figures for the December quarter were released.
She also made it clear that she was not expecting a jump in the number, nor a decline.
The Finance Minister was speaking at an award function of a private TV channel.
The
GDP growth was at 5.6 per cent in the same period of the last fiscal
and the current Q3 figure of 4.7 per cent is a seven year low GDP growth
rate.
On the impact of coronavirus on the economy, Sitharaman
sought to allay any fears saying there is no need to immediately press
the "panic button", but things could get challenging if the issues
prolong for another two or three weeks, citing feedback from the
pharmaceutical and electronic industries, which depend heavily on
imports of raw material from China.
The industry has suggested airlifting of essential items and the government may consider the same, the minister said.
While
the logistics for airlifting like aggregating the goods have to be done
by the industry itself, she assured help from the government through
the consular staff.
Sitharaman said the government is "pushing
the banks like never before" to lend in all categories, including
retail, home and agriculture segments.
She also said that the
government is working on creating a development finance institution.
akin to ICICI and IDBI before they turned into full-fledged banks.
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