Congress cites IMF report to slam govt; calls for boosting consumption, policy
IMF report to flag «tepid» private investment growth in India, the Congress on Thursday said the way out of the current "economic slump" needs measures to boost consumption, enhancing policy predictability, and rationalising trade policy. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has devoted an entire section to «Reigniting Private Investment in India» in its just-released annual India Article IV Consultation Report.
«Somewhat unusually, it is a strong--if implicit- critique of the Modi government's policies and actions,» he said in a statement.
«The report underscores the tepid private investment growth in India, noting that 'private corporate investment has been sluggish especially compared with historical averages.'
Notably, the situation is only getting worse, since 'nominal investment growth by private corporates appears to have decelerated further from 21 percent in 2022/23 to 13 percent in 2023/24'," he said.
Specifically, investment in machinery and equipment — critical for expanding production capacity — has consistently fallen as a percentage of GDP, Ramesh pointed out.
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