"Use This Slowdown to Open Up Services and Manufacturing"
In an exclusive interview with Business Today's Joe C Mathew, OECD Chief Economist Laurence Boone says India must look at the slowdown as an opportunity and speed up reforms

- Dec 11, 2019,
- Updated Dec 25, 2019 7:26 PM IST
Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECDs) Economic Survey of India 2019 report forecast 5.8 per cent GDP growth in 2019/20. The survey hinted at a positive momentum thereafter with 6.2 per cent growth in 2020/21. In an exclusive interview with Business Today's Joe C. Mathew, OECD Chief Economist Laurence Boone says India must look at the slowdown as an opportunity and speed up reforms. Edited excerpts:
Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECDs) Economic Survey of India 2019 report forecast 5.8 per cent GDP growth in 2019/20. The survey hinted at a positive momentum thereafter with 6.2 per cent growth in 2020/21. In an exclusive interview with Business Today's Joe C. Mathew, OECD Chief Economist Laurence Boone says India must look at the slowdown as an opportunity and speed up reforms. Edited excerpts: