World Bank retains India's growth rate for FY19-20 at 7.5%

World Bank retains India's growth rate for FY19-20 at 7.5%

India is projected to grow at 7.5 pc in the next three years supported by robust investment and private consumption, the World Bank has said.

AgenciesUpdated: Thursday, June 06, 2019, 01:30 PM IST
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Washington: India is projected to grow at 7.5 pc in the next three years supported by robust investment and private consumption, the World Bank has said.The Bank in its Global Economic Prospects released Tuesday said that India is estimated to have grown 7.2 pc in fiscal year 2018/19, which ended March 31. A slowdown in government consumption was offset by solid investment, which benefitted from public infrastructure spending.

As against a growth rate of 6.6 pc in 2018, China's growth rate in 2019 is projected to be dropped to 6.2 pc and then subsequently to 6.1 pc in 2020 and 6 pc in 2021, the bank said. With this India will continue to retain the position of being the fastest growing emerging economy. And by 2021, its growth rate is projected to be 1.5 pc more than China's 6 pc.With this India will continue to retain the position of being the fastest growing emerging economy. And by 2021, its growth rate is projected to be 1.5 pc more than China's 6 pc.

According to the World Bank, growth in India is projected at 7.5 pc in Fiscal Year 2019/20 (April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020), unchanged from the previous forecast, and to stay at this pace through the next two fiscal years."Private consumption and investment will benefit from strengthening credit growth amid more accommodative monetary policy, with inflation having fallen below the Reserve Bank of India's target,” it said.

Support from delays in planned fiscal consolidation at the central level should partially offset the effects of political uncertainty around elections in FY2018/19, it said.The World Bank said that India's urban consumption was supported by a pickup in credit growth, whereas rural consumption was hindered by soft agricultural prices.

On the production side, robust growth was broad-based, with a slight moderation in services and agricultural activity accompanied by an acceleration in the industrial sector. Weakening agricultural production reflected subdued harvest in major crops on the back of less rainfalls, it said.

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