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New Delhi: India continues to be the fastest-growing major economy, with all sectors contributing significantly, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday...
"The second-quarter growth was very high - it is the highest in the world," Sitharaman said, replying to a short-duration discussion on the state of the economy in the Rajya Sabha..
Replying to a discussion on the state of the economy in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded to former Finance Minister P Chidambaram citing the 'The Economic Times' Editorial titled 'A $4 Trillioning Plus We Go!.' Chidambaram had asked if India's GDP would double to Rs 200 lakh crore in the NDA's 'Amrit Kaal'..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had focused on four pillars - the poor, farmers, youth and women - among others, she said in an address at the Global Economic Forum 2023 in the national capital organised by the Department of Economic Affairs and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) lobby group...
She then went on to say: "So linking that to the growth of the GDP itself, the editorial in a paper which is a pink paper, which observes the Indian economy, we get a picture and a probable answer to the former finance minister.".
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