Boosting private sector investment remains a challenge: Arvind Subramanian

GDP growth for the October-December period came in at 7.0 percent

Arvind Subramanian
Arvind Subramanian
Reuters Hong Kong
Last Updated : Mar 29 2017 | 9:30 AM IST

Boosting private sector investment remains a challenge for the Indian economy, Arvind Subramanian, chief economic adviser to the finance ministry told the annual Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

Annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the October-December period came in at 7.0 percent, a tad slower than 7.4 percent in the previous quarter but much faster than the 6.4 percent expansion forecast by economists in a Reuters poll.

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First Published: Mar 29 2017 | 9:27 AM IST

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