A Study of Trends and Causes of Inflation in India : - Unable To Open
A Study of Trends and Causes of Inflation in India : - Unable To Open
A Study of Trends and Causes of Inflation in India : - Unable To Open
Washington: Indian economy is now clearly on a recovery path with a 7.4% growth in the first
three quarters and the government is committed to maintain overall macroeconomic conditions
on a sustained basis, finance minister Arun Jaitley has said.
We are committed to maintain overall macroeconomic conditions on a sustained basis so that
the Indian economy is able to achieve and sustain growth of 8% and above, Jaitley said in his
address to the International Monetary and Financial Committee.
The Indian economy is now clearly on a recovery path, he said, adding Indias growth
recovered to 7.4% in the first three quarters (April-December) of 2014-15 as compared with
7.0% during the same period of 2013-14.
Advance estimates have also placed the gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the full year of
2014-15 at 7.4%. Medium-term growth prospects have also improved following recent policy
initiatives towards unlocking coal and other mining activity, liberalisation of foreign direct
investment (FDI) limits and a renewed thrust on public investment in infrastructure, which would
help to improve the investment climate.
Inflation, which was a major concern for India during 2010-13, has moderated significantly, he
said.
Consumer price index (CPI) inflation, which is now used as the main measure of headline
inflation by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), declined to 5.2% in March 2015 from 11.2% in
November 2013, he said.
In terms of the flexible inflation targeting framework adopted recently, going forward, the RBI
will seek to bring the inflation rate to the mid-point of the band of 4 +/- 2%, i.e., to 4% by the
end of a two year period starting fiscal year 2016-17, Jaitley told the world body.
Noting that India has continued on the path of fiscal consolidation, he said the GFD of the central
government, which was 5.7% of GDP in 2011-12, declined to 4.1% in 2014-15 and is budgeted
to decline further to 3.9% in 2015-16.
Indias current account deficit (CAD) declined sharply from 4.8% of GDP in 2012-13 to 1.7% in
2013-14 and is expected to decline further to 1.3% in 2014-15. PTI