India to grow at around 7.4% in 2022-23, continue at same pace next year, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
FirstpostThe finance minister also exhorted the media to ‘debunk’ the narrative of the Centre taking away revenues from cess and surcharges, and not ‘perpetrate’ it Mumbai: India will grow at around 7.4 per cent in 2022-23 and continue at the same pace in the next year as well, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. Speaking at the FE Best Bank Awards event here, Sitharaman said global agencies like IMF and the World Bank have taken cognisance of the strengths of the Indian economy by saying that it will be among the fastest growing ones in the next two years. “… estimates have also shown based on the developments, that we are definitely at that range… 7.4 and that level will continue even next year,” Sitharaman said. To the RBI’s discussion paper cautioning against big bang privatisation of state-run lenders, Sitharaman said this is a policy matter on which the government will take a considered call.