India can sustain 8pc growth: PM
Saturday, 22 November, 2008
Amid global financial concerns crippling Indian economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seemed to be confident that the country could sustain a fair economic growth in the current fiscal.
"I assure you that despite the international environment, we have the capacity and ability to sustain the growth rate of about eight per cent and will do so", he stressed out while adressing the HT Leadership Summit in New Delhi.
He also maintained that the government would take all possible measures to keep up growth in all its sectors and promised to ensure a friendly environment for growth and entrepreneurship. -- MP