Article: Will economy record 7.1 per cent growth in current fiscal?

Will economy record 7.1 per cent growth in current fiscal?

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) With the economic growth crashing to over five-year lows of 5.3 per cent in the third quarter, there are apprehensions whether the economy would register a 7.1 per cent expansion for the entire 2008-09, as pegged by the government.

The government confidently maintained that the economy would register a growth rate of seven per cent in FY'09.

"Third quarter was expected to be worst of all. Full year, I expect in the vicinity of seven per cent. I suppose we should be able to do better in the last quarter," Minister of State for Finance Pawan Kumar Bansal said.

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