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Amid slowdown worries, top ministers brainstorm on ways to boost growth

Blueprint on economic revival to be submitted to PM

Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu and Piyush Goyal
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Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu and Piyush Goyal

Arup RoychoudhurySubhayan Chakraborty New Delhi
The government has swung into action to draw up a blueprint to revive the economy after gross domestic product (GDP) growth slipped to its lowest level under the Narendra Modi government, on the back of a slowdown due to demonetisation and the introduction of the goods and service tax (GST).

On Tuesday, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley chaired a high-level meeting with Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu, Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar, and senior officials from the finance, commerce and rail ministries to discuss the state of the economy and ways to boost growth.

Officials