July 28, 2009

Welcoming the monetary policy announced by the apex bank Tuesday, India Inc expressed hope that the country’s economic growth will exceed the bank’s expectation of 6 percent this fiscal.“The economy could grow at around 7 percent, as the fiscal and monetary measures have an impact on domestic demand,” said Chandrajit Banerjee, director general of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the quarterly update of its monetary policy kept the key rates unchanged and cautioned that inflation rate can soon balloon to 5 percent.“Monetary policy must remain accommodative in such an environment so as to ensure a revival in India’s growth path,” Banerjee added.The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), another industry lobby, also welcomed the monetary policy.