Economy to grow at 7% despite global headwinds: Monthly economic review

NEW DELHI: Despite the global economy operating under an extremely challenging macroeconomic environment like the geopolitical tensions in Europe, spiralling energy, food and fertiliser prices, monetary tightening and inflationary trends having elevated the downside risks to the global economic outlook, the Indian economy is estimated to grow by 7 pc year-on-year in the current fiscal. The monthly economic review for January 2023 released by the finance ministry on Thursday, said that the measures announced in the union budget like a rise in capital expenditure, increased focus on infrastructure development, boost to the green economy, and initiatives for strengthening financial markets are expected to promote job creation and spur economic growth. “Measures announced for the MSME sector will likely reduce the cost of funds and aid small enterprises,” it noted.