CEA Subramanian Says Moody's Needs to Take into Account India's Reforms While Estimating Growth Rate
News 18Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser at the Union Finance Ministry, on Tuesday said international ratings agency Moody’s projection of 6 per cent growth rate in India is an “underestimate” as the country has been “fiscally very prudent”. Assuaged concerns about future NPA’s from retail and MSME’s.” “Moody’s projection of 6 per cent growth rate is an underestimate. In a statement on Tuesday, Moody’s said “the decision to change the outlook to stable reflects Moody’s view that the downside risks from negative feedback between the real economy and financial system are receding.” Looking ahead, Moody’s expects real GDP growth to average around 6 per cent over the medium term, reflecting a rebound in activity as conditions normalise. “Looking ahead, Moody’s expects the debt burden to stabilise at around 91 per cent over the medium term, as strong nominal GDP growth is balanced by a gradually shrinking, but still sizeable, primary deficit.