Jakarta, April. 24, 2005
India will aim at a
7.5 per cent growth rate by taking steps to open up
further, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, today.
"We are committed to be more open - a more open
economy, more open society and more open polity,"
Singh told over 400 members of the Indian community
here at a special reception last night.
"Winds of change are creating a situation for
growth of India. We want to see the growth rate go
up to 7.5 per cent in the future," the Prime
Minister said.
"The future belongs to India and China. India
is on the move, working together the people of India
are bound to enjoy their destiny, I invite you all
to make it happen," he told the NRI community.
The Prime Minister noted that in the next five to
ten years, India's working population was going to
increase substantially resulting in the rise in the
savings rate of the economy.
"We have a long arduous journey ahead of us.
We have to tackle poverty and ignorance. But India
is on the move. We are going to create India as a
land of creativity and opportunity," he said
(PTI)
