Job creation and social spending to be key focus areas for NDA 3.0: DK Joshi

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«The economy right now has buffers to offset some of the global headwinds that could take place. And from here we do see economy slowing a bit because the central bank has been raising rates and the purpose behind raising rates is to tame inflation and the route to taming inflation is via growth,» says DK Joshi, Chief Economist, CRISIL.

Just wanted to get in your take as to what, according to you, have been some of the key highlights, especially when it comes to the overall GDP growth at 8.2% under her tenure and how do you see that now given that there is stability, there is continuity with Nirmala Sitharaman at the helm?
Well, the economy has done much better than expected. The GDP growth from the first advance estimates till the provisional estimates got revised from 7.3% to 8.2%. It is not only the GDP, the other factors such as the sustainability of this growth, it critically hinges on the infrastructure build-out that government has carried out. One of the key factors behind growth has been investment. Consumption is relatively weak, which we expect will pick up in 2024-2025 as the monsoons become normal. So, the supply side of the economy has got focus in the last five years and that is creating an upside potential to the economy.

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