Paradigm of economic management must change’


Business Line
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December 22, 2017

Amid bright spots in the economy, the farm sector needs serious attention as it is facing severe constraints, felt S Narayan, former Finance Secretary, Government of India.

Farmers are in more distress in the last three years than ever before. Tight minimum support price and allowing fertilisers to reach close to market prices have created challenges for farmers, he said while addressing a discussion on the state of the Indian economy, organised by the Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Narayan asserted that issues pertaining to food supply, demand, price stability and food preservation have to be addressed.

He felt that paradigm of economic management must change. “We have reached a point where we can’t say GDP is a measure of development and growth should be looked at the inclusive point of view,” he added.
Presenting an outlook on the economy, Anjan Deb Ghosh, Executive Vice President and Chief Rating Officer, Icra said that the general consensus was that things had bottomed out. But pace of recovery remained disputed as indicators were totally confusing.

Exports

“If you look at exports, it went up 26 per cent in September, down one per cent in October and again grew by 31 per cent in November. Even while the global growth is extremely supportive, our export data points show too much of volatility,” he said.

But, Ghosh felt that GDP growth was pegged at about 6.7 per cent for the full fiscal, an improvement from 6.3 per cent recorded in Q2 of this fiscal. “Of course, it is primarily because of the base effect. Overall, things should improve in the coming quarters,” he added.



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