Thursday, September 20, 2012

High fiscal deficit led to harsh steps: C Rangarajan, Chairman, PM's Economic Advisory Council

......C Rangarajan, a former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and now the head of the PM's Economic Advisory Council, also warned that India's fiscal and current account deficits were high and the country risks international censure in the form of downgrades by ratings agencies if no action is taken to tame the deficits. "If we did not act now, there would be a much bigger problem ahead of us," said Rangarajan, an economist of international repute not usually known for alarmist talk.......

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