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India remains world's largest growing economy with good fundamentals: IMF

By Business Standard - 4 weeks ago
India remains the largest growing economy in the world, a senior official from the International Monetary Fund said, observing that the country's macroeconomic fundamentals are good. "India is said to remain the largest growing economy in the world. We project growth at seven per cent in FY24-25, supported by recovery in rural consumption, as there have been favourable harvests. Inflation is expected to decline to 4.4 per cent in FY24-25, despite some volatility as food prices normalize," Krishna Srinivasan, Director for the IMF Asia Pacific Department, told PTI in an interview on Tuesday. In terms of other fundamentals, he said, "despite elections, the fiscal consolidation remains on track. Reserve position is pretty good. Macro fundamentals, generally speaking, for India are good". He suggested that the country's reform priorities post-elections need to be in three areas. "One is, there's an issue about creating jobs in India and so on. In that context, I think implementing the .

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