GDP growth will lose ground further and fall to 7.5%: CII

As India's gross domestic product (GDP) slowed down to 7.7% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, B Muthuraman, president of CII and vice chairman at Tata Steel says apart from the obvious reasons of staggering inflation and the rate hike cycle, lack of government reforms are a major reason for the growth downhill.

August 30, 2011 / 14:30 IST
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As India's gross domestic product (GDP) slowed down to 7.7% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, B Muthuraman, president of CII and vice chairman at Tata Steel says apart from the obvious reasons of staggering inflation and the rate hike cycle, lack of government reforms are a major contributor to the growth downhill.

"Governance issues, land acquisition problems and power sector problems with price of imported coal rising enormously are issues that needed to be solved," says Muthuraman. Going forward, if these issues are not dealt with, he says, "I won
first published: Aug 30, 2011 01:11 pm

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