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Global financial powerhouse: Sitharaman on stability, infra-led development and reforms

Other News Materials 25 June 2021 11:30 (UTC +04:00)
Global financial powerhouse: Sitharaman on stability, infra-led development and reforms

India continues to rise as a world financial powerhouse due to macro-economic stability, infrastructure-led development alternatives, monetary sector reforms, and coverage efforts to make it a powerful participant in international provide chains, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned on the Global Investors Roundtable organised by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).

Sitharaman mentioned India’s potential for fast development and funding alternatives on account of its wide-ranging reforms that may place the nation as a gorgeous vacation spot for international traders, a finance ministry assertion issued late night time on Thursday mentioned.

She highlighted India’s efforts to battle the Covid-19 pandemic successfully that noticed a big drop in new Covid-19 infections within the nation, it mentioned. The finance minister participated within the roundtable by video conferencing, which was additionally attended by international traders comparable to Mastercard, MetLife, Prudential, Air Products, Dell, SoftBank and Warburg Pincus amongst others.

The finance minister mentioned the federal government’s over ₹20 lakh crore relief-cum-stimulus package deal helped in fast restoration of the Indian economic system after the pandemic that led to a nationwide lockdown for 68 days since March 25, 2020.

She underscored the continued macro-economic stability and resilience in financial restoration. The 68-day nationwide lockdown plunged the economic system into technical recession. Indian economic system contracted 24.4% within the first quarter, and seven.3% contraction within the second quarter of 2020-21. The ₹20.97 lakh crore stimulus package deal — Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (Self-reliant India Initiative) – helped a V-shaped restoration. The economic system expanded by 0.5% within the third quarter and 1.6% within the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2021.

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