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Recession in West is Opportunity to Lure Global Firms: Indian Minister

© AFP 2023 MONEY SHARMAIn this photograph taken on October 4, 2019, women use a mobile phone as they sit outside their shop displaying items made of clay, at Kumhar Gram (Potter's Village) in New Delhi.
In this photograph taken on October 4, 2019, women use a mobile phone as they sit outside their shop displaying items made of clay, at Kumhar Gram (Potter's Village) in New Delhi. - Sputnik India, 1920, 16.12.2022
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The fears of impending recessions in the US economy grew on Thursday as the US Federal Reserve decided to hike interest rates again to attempt to tame inflation.
The impending recession in the West offers an opportunity for India to attract global investments looking to diversify risks, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told industry on Friday.
As per the minister, the time is ripe for Indian industry to work on strategies to draw “those manufacturers to India.”

“The suspected long-drawn recession which is likely to affect [the] West will not just impact your exports but it gives us an opportunity [to attract] many of the investments which are now looking for a different place from where the activities can continue to happen,” the minister emphasized.

Sitharaman, who will present the country’s annual budget in February, infused confidence in the industry, saying an additional 140 million middle-income households and 14 million high-net-worth individual households will provide massive growth potential in the economy by 2030.
A view of the stacked containers in the guise of Indian national flag is pictured in front of the Red Fort on the eve of country's Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi on August 14, 2022. - Sputnik India, 1920, 13.12.2022
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India’s Major Challenges in Its March Towards Third Largest Economy
As part of its efforts to lure foreign investment, Delhi is offering production-linked tax incentives to firms agreeing to set up manufacturing units in the country.
Analysts see this as a measure to invite the US-based firms to dislocate their units in India from China amid trade tensions between the top two economies.
US policymakers recently downgraded their outlook for economic growth in 2023 from September’s 1.2 percent to 0.5 percent.
They have also predicted a massive jump in the unemployment rate next year up to 4.6 percent from 3.7 percent currently, owing to a slowdown in consumer demand and industrial activities.
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