Indian economy poised to touch $5 trillion next financial year: Hardeep Puri

24 Jan 2024 Evaluate

Expressing optimism over the country’s economic growth, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri has said that the Indian economy is poised to touch $5 trillion next financial year - 2024-25 - and capitalise to double to $10 trillion by the end of this decade. At present, the Indian economy is estimated to be about $3.7 trillion. 

He said ‘We are the fifth-largest economy and the fourth-largest stock market... I think that in the next 1-2 years, we will not only be the fourth-largest economy but we will go further ahead’. He noted ‘I was somewhere told that we would be a $5 trillion economy by 2028. I told him that there is no need to wait until 2028; it will happen by 2024-25. We will then be a $10 trillion economy by 2030’. 

He added global interest in India is increasing by the day, be it in digital infrastructure, the automobile market, energy or biofuels. So, it (the Indian economy) is looking very good. Recently, the National Statistics Office said the Indian economy is expected to grow 7.3 per cent in the current financial year 2023-24, remaining the fastest-growing major economy. India's economy grew 7.2 per cent in 2022-23 and 8.7 per cent in 2021-22.

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