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Equitable average growth of 7% to be a miracle for India: Gates

Gates also met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him various welfare issues

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Bill Gates

Karan Choudhury New Delhi
From India’s growth rate, health, education, sanitation, infusion of technology for sustainable living, making payments bank more effective, to adopting villages in Maoist-affected areas, Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates (pictured) on Thursday touched upon numerous topics during his visit to India.

"If India over the next 20 years can achieve a seven per cent average growth and do that in (an) equitable way, that’s a miracle for the country and the world," he said at a panel discussion organised by Observer Research Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. Getting the goods and services tax (GST) passed was