India Should Be $5 Tn Economy by 2027-28, Says Member of EAC-PM Sanyal After Modi’s ‘Guarantee’
News 18With Prime Minister Narendra Modi declaring that India is expected to be the world’s third largest economy in the next five years on the 77th Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Tuesday morning, Sanjeev Sanyal, member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, spoke exclusively to News18 in which he stressed that more economic reforms will follow on the supply side in the coming years. He “promised” to make India world’s third largest global economy in the next term while addressing the nation today. I think, in 2027-28, we should be a $5-trillion economy and will be, consequently, the third largest economy in the world,” said Sanyal while elaborating on PM Modi’s speech about India’s economic growth. By all indications, unless there is a major natural calamity or other large shock, we are en route to becoming the world’s third largest economy by 2027-28,” added Sanyal, who was also the Principal Economic Adviser to the Finance Minister for five years till February 2022.