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Nirmala Sitharaman hints at more interventions amid growth pangs

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that several significant steps in structural reforms have been taken in the past few months and responses/interventions addressing the needs of the economy will continue, indicating more relief measures could be on the anvil, if so needed.

Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement came a day after it was announced that the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of the country went down to 4.5 per cent, slowest in over six years.

“Today, we mark the completion of six months of the second term of @PMOIndia @narendramodi. Several significant steps in structural reforms have been taken in these months. Responses/interventions addressing the needs of the economy will continue,” Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted in response to a tweet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which she also retweeted.Read More..