GDP growth to be upwards of 7 per cent next year: Shaktikanta Das

New Delhi: Stepping up the growth pitch, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das today expressed confidence that the economy will grow upwards of 7 per cent next fiscal.

“For this year’s GDP growth, we have to wait till March-end. But next year, it will be upwards of 7 per cent,” he said.

Drawing on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statements, the secretary said there will be transient impact of demonetisation on the economy, but it will not spill over to the next fiscal.