Will equip PM, ministers with ways to deal with uncertain world: Suman Bery

'NITI should be seen as an honest broker between the Centre and states', said Bery

In his first interview after taking over as NITI Aayog vice-chairman, Suman Bery tells Indivjal Dhasmana and Sanjeeb Mukherjee that his important job will be to ideate a medium-term roadmap for revival of economic growth. The conversation ranged from cooperative federalism to growth-inflation trade off and more. Edited excerpts:

You have taken over as NITI Aayog vice-chairman at a time when various agencies have cut economic growth projections for India and raised the outlook on inflation. How do you see NITI’s role in controlling inflation and boosting growth?

From a medium term perspective, there is a lot of turmoil in the world