
India's long-term growth prospects embedded in public capital expenditure programmes: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
The Hindu
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while attending the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting hosted by Indonesia in Bali, said evidence-based policy making is vital for resilient economic systems.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 15 said India's long-term growth prospects are embedded in public capital expenditure programmes.
Ms. Sitharaman, while attending the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting hosted by Indonesia in Bali, also said evidence-based policy making is vital for resilient economic systems.
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The government has laid emphasis on capital expenditure to push economic growth hit by the pandemic. It is expected that the increase in public spending would crowd in private investment.
Ms. Sitharaman raised capital expenditure (capex) by 35.4% for the financial year 2022-23 to ₹7.5 lakh crore to continue the public investment-led recovery of the pandemic-battered economy. The capex last year was ₹5.5 lakh crore.
"Reflecting on India's #growthstory, FM shared that India's long-term growth prospects are embedded in public #CapitalExpenditure programmes, & #EvidenceBased #PolicyMaking is vital for resilient economic systems," the Finance Ministry said in a tweet.

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