.....It is a chain of inaction on all fronts. Investment-led growth seems out of question as a vicious cycle emerges here- high inflation is reducing purchasing power of households, private sector not investing due to lack of demand plus high interest rates, RBI not cutting rates as it expects government to take action on fiscal front as inflation is high, government unable to spend due to widening fiscal deficit, and so on. “There is a sqeeze from all ends”, said Sabnavis. Somebody will have to break this cycle, be it RBI by cutting rates or public sector units sitting on cash pile up of over Rs 2 lakh crore. But RBI measures will have a lag effect, while investments by public sector units will not come immediately........
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