Disinvestment climate better now, says Niti vice-chief

New Delhi, July 11

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With India’s story remaining “very strong”, the economy will register a double-digit growth in the current fiscal and the disinvestment climate also looks better, said Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar.

He also asserted that the country was prepared in a far better manner in case there is a Covid wave as states had also learnt their lessons from the previous two waves.

“We are now hopefully getting past our pandemic… and the economic activities will be strengthened as we get into the second half of this (fiscal) year given as seen from various indicators, including the mobility indicators,” Kumar said. The Indian economy has been adversely impacted by the pandemic and the recovery has been relatively sluggish in the wake of the second wave. Against this backdrop, the Niti Aayog Vice Chairman

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