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'Achieving $5tn economy target possible only by 2030'
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IANS | 17 Nov, 2022
Owing to volatile geopolitical situations arising due to the Ukraine
crisis, rising inflation and after-effects of the coronavirus pandemic,
achieving the target of making India a $5 trillion dollar economy by
2024-25 looks difficult and may only be possible by 2030 at the current
GDP growth rate, top banking industry representatives have said.
Representatives of leading public sector banks are learnt to
have indicated this to the high level Parliamentary standing committee
on finance.
According to sources privy to developments,
representatives of top public sector banks like State Bank of India
(SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Union Bank of India in a recent
meeting with the Parliamentary panel, held on the subject of "Global and
Indian Economy and Roadmap for $5 trillion Indian Economy" and
performance review of banking sector including Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code (IBC) operations, are said to have indicated that at the current
GDP rate of around 6.4 per cent, it would not be possible to make India a
$5 trillion economy by 2024-25.
At the existing growth rate, the target may only be achieved by 2030.
The
banks' officials are learnt to have told the Parliamentary panel that
around 10 per cent GDP growth is needed to achieve the $5 trillion
dollar economy target before 2030.
However considering the
prevailing global economic situation, this growth rate does not look
possible, the banks' officials are learnt to have said.
Sources
quoting banks' officials, further informed that even the recovery of non
performing assets (NPAs) in the last six years since the inception of
the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), has only been 30 per cent,
which is not satisfactory.
Only if the banking industry improves,
will the $5 trillion economy target be achieved, they are learnt to
have informed the committee.
The projections made by the banking
industry before the Parliamentary panel may come as a setback for the
government, which normally aims to achieve targets before deadlines.
The
Centre had set a target of achieving 20 per cent ethanol blending in
petrol by 2030, which it is now on course of achieving by 2025-26.
In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had envisioned making India a $5 trillion economy and global powerhouse by 2024-25.
However
going by the projections made by the banking industry and looking at
the prevailing global scenario, the deadline appears a bit too
ambitious.
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