India to become 3rd largest economy by 2027-28 with GDP of over $5 trillion: Finance Minister

11 Jan 2024 Evaluate

Expressing her optimism over India’s economic growth, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the country will become the third largest economy by 2027-28, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of over $5 trillion. She noted that even going by conservative estimates, the size of the Indian economy will be $30 trillion by 2047.

She said ‘It is possible that we will be the third largest economy by 2027-28, and our GDP will cross $5 trillion by that time. By 2047, it is a conservative estimate that we will reach at least $30 trillion in terms of economy’. India, with a GDP of roughly $3.4 trillion, is currently the fifth largest economy in the world, after the US, China, Japan and Germany. Indian economy is projected to grow by 7.3 per cent in the current fiscal, higher than 7.2 per cent in 2022-23.

Sitharaman said India has received $919 billion in foreign direct investment in 23 years till 2023. Of this, 65 per cent, or $595 billion, came in the last 8-9 years of the Narendra Modi government. Referring to financial inclusion, the minister said the number of people with bank accounts has increased from 15 crore in 2014 to 50 crore at present.

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