Economy to reach pre-Covid-levels by end of FY2022: Niti Aayog
India TV NewsIndia's economic growth is likely to reach pre-COVID-19 levels by the end of 2021-22 fiscal as the GDP contraction in this financial year is expected to be less than 8 per cent, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Sunday. The Reserve Bank of India has also revised its forecast of economic growth for the current fiscal year to 7.5 per cent as against its earlier forecast of 9.5 per cent. "We should reach pre-COVID-19 levels at the end of the fiscal year 2021-22 for sure," Kumar told PTI when asked about growth projection for the next financial year. Stating that in the case of other emerging economies, private debt to GDP ratio is well beyond 100 per cent, Kumar said that "so we need to increase private debt and this will happen when our banking sector will expand".