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RBI may raise GDP target

Dillip Satapathy in Bhubaneswar | October 21, 2003 09:38 IST

The Reserve Bank of India is likely to revise the GDP growth target upward in the coming busy season credit policy following robust kharif performance. The credit policy will be announced in the first week of November.

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This was indicated by RB Barman, executive director of RBI, in Bhubaneswar on Monday. Barman said the need for revision of rate of GDP growth and inflation has come in view of bumper kharif crop. The GDP growth was pegged at 6 per cent in the last credit policy.

He attributed the bumper crop to good and widespread monsoon this year. Only 40 per cent of our agriculture land is irrigated while the rest 60 per cent is dependent on rains, he said. He, however, declined to drop any hints on possible reduction of CRR, SLR and bank rates.

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