Govt sees $5-trn GDP early in Amrit Kaal
Achieving milestone with help of strong rupee will result from macroeconomic stability: FinMIn
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The exchange rate is not an overlooked factor as it ranks India’s GDP size in the world. India is a market economy, and the government monitors economic progress through market-determined GDP and exchange rate - Pankaj Chaudhary, MoS for Finance
Major Contributors
- IMF projected $5-trn economy that makes India 3rd largest GDP in FY28
- Domestic and intl markets mechanisms determine India’s GDP
- Contribution of agriculture, industry and services to nominal GDP in FY23 stood at 18.4%, 28.3%, and 53.3%
New Delhi: India will become a $5 trillion economy early in the ‘Amrit Kaal’ on the path to achieve the goal of becoming an advanced economy by 2047, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Monday. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected India to become a $5 trillion economy with the third largest GDP in 2027-28. The $5 trillion milestone will be crossed with the help of a strong rupee which will result from macroeconomic stability, he said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
“The government has set the goal of becoming an advanced economy by 2047. In the process, it will become a $5 trillion economy early in the Amrit Kaal,” Chaudhary said.
At the end of 2022-23, the Indian GDP stood at $3.7 trillion. In 1980-81, size of the Indian economy was $189 billion, which increased to $326 billion after a decade. In 2000-01, the size of the GDP rose to $476 billion. In 2010-11, India’s GDP jumped to $1.71 trillion, and further increased to $2.67 trillion in 2020-21. Chaudhary said the exchange rate is not an overlooked factor as it ranks India’s GDP size in the world. “India is a market economy, and the government monitors economic progress through market-determined GDP and exchange rate,” Chaudhary said.
He further said both domestic and international markets are the mechanisms that determine India’s GDP, exchange rate and contribution of various sectors to GDP. Contribution of agriculture, industry and services to nominal GDP in 2022-23 stood at 18.4 per cent, 28.3 per cent, and 53.3 per cent, respectively.
