"I suppose we must prepare ourselves for an attack by government ministers on the IMF and Dr Gita Gopinath," Chidambaram said.
BS
: With the IMF lowering India's economic growth estimate for
the current fiscal to 4.8 per cent, senior Congress leader P
Chidambaram on Tuesday claimed an attack on the world body and
its chief economist Gita Gopinath by government ministers was
imminent.
He
also alleged that the growth figure of 4.8 per cent given by the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) is after some "window
dressing" and he won't be surprised if it goes even lower.
"Reality
check from IMF. Growth in 2019-20 will be BELOW 5 per cent at 4.8 per
cent," Chidambaram said in a series of tweets.
"Even
the 4.8 per cent is after some window dressing. I will not be
surprised if it goes even lower," the former finance minister
said.
IMF
Chief Economist Gopinath was one of the first to denounce
demonetisation, he noted.
"I
suppose we must prepare ourselves for an attack by government
ministers on the IMF and Dr
Gita Gopinath," Chidambaram said.
The
IMF lowered India's economic growth estimate for the current fiscal
to 4.8 per cent and listed the country's much lower-than-expected GDP
numbers as the single biggest drag on its global growth forecast for
two years.
In
October, the IMF had pegged India economic growth at 6.1 per cent for
2019.
Listing
decline in rural demand growth and an overall credit sluggishness for
lowering of India forecasts, Gopinath, however, had said the growth
momentum should improve next year due to factors like positive impact
of corporate tax rate reduction.
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