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Union Budget 2018: India to become $5 trillion economy soon, says Arun Jaitley

In his Union Budget 2018 speech in Parliament on Thursday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said India was on the path…

Union Budget 2018: India to become $5 trillion economy soon, says Arun Jaitley

Photo: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

In his Union Budget 2018 speech in Parliament on Thursday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said India was on the path to become a $5-trillion economy soon.

The Indian economy stands at $2.5 trillion now.

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Jaitley also said the economy was on course to achieve 8 per cent growth, which will be at 7.2 to 7.5 per cent in the second half of the fiscal.

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“Indian economy has performed very well since our government came to power,” the Finance Minister said.

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