With positive macroeconomic indicators in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for targeting double-digit GDP growth for breaking into the $5 trillion economy club and said India's share in world trade has to more than double to 3.4 per cent.
"The need of the hour is that we should work towards achieving the target of double digit growth from 7-8 per cent. The world is watching as to when India will break into the $5 trillion economy club by doubling its economy," Modi told the reporters while speaking after laying the foundation stone of Vanijya Bhawan, a new office complex of the Ministry of Commerce here. Modi also expressed confidence that Vanijya Bhawan will be completed well within the stipulated time.
"My Government has in four years taken steps to ease the process of doing business in India while maintaining macroeconomic indicators like inflation, current account deficit (CAD) and fiscal deficit within limits," he added.
After scaling these positive macroeconomic indicators, what next, the Prime Minister asked. He said GDP growth touched 7.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2017-18 fiscal but now the time has come to look beyond 7-8 per cent growth and target double-digit expansion.
The Prime Minister further emphasised the need for increasing exports and said that states must be made active partners in this effort. He said the Department of Commerce must resolve to raise India's share in total global exports to at least 3.4 percent, from the current 1.6 per cent.