India can achieve 8-9 % GDP growth: PM Singh
Press Trust of India / New Delhi June 9, 2009, 12:50 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the country's economy is even now capable of growing by 8-9 per cent, the same rate as it did before the global financial meltdown set in.
"Since our savings rate is as high as 35 per cent...If all work together, we can achieve a growth rate of 8 to 9 per cent, even if the world economy does not improve," he said while winding up the debate on Motion of Thanks to the President's address to joint sitting of Parliament.
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