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  India   All India  23 Feb 2019  'We look forward to making India a USD 10 trillion economy': PM Narendra Modi

'We look forward to making India a USD 10 trillion economy': PM Narendra Modi

DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Published : Feb 23, 2019, 11:35 am IST
Updated : Feb 23, 2019, 12:05 pm IST

Reforms like Goods and Services Tax have laid a solid foundation for higher Gross Domestic Product growth, said Narendra Modi.

Will make India world's third-largest economy, asserted Narendra Modi. (Photo: File)
 Will make India world's third-largest economy, asserted Narendra Modi. (Photo: File)

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid out his vision for making India a USD 10 trillion economy, and the third-largest in the world, saying he wants the nation to have countless startups, and be a global leader in electric vehicles.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his five-year tenure had laid a solid economic foundation in the country eradicating the complete policy paralysis that had set in during the last Congress-led UPA regime.

Addressing a business summit organised by a newspaper, PM Modi said, “Total policy paralysis was observed before during the previous Congress-led UPA government. Change is clearly visible today.”

He criticised the runaway inflation, rising Current Account Deficit (CAD) and complete policy paralysis in 2013-14.

BJP-led NDA rule witnessed the highest post-liberalisation growth rate of 7.4 per cent and the lowest inflation of less than 4.5 per cent, PM Modi said.

Reforms like the Goods and Services Tax (GST) have laid a solid foundation for higher Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, he said.

He added: “We look forward to making India a $10 trillion economy and the world's third-largest economy.”

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