‘Need new thinking’ to boost economy’: Rahul Gandhi flags GDP dip

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (File photo)

There is a need for a “new thinking” for India’s economy, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi said Sunday as he highlighted that the country’s GDP growth rate had declined to 5.4%, the “lowest in two years”.
“The Indian economy cannot progress as long as a handful of billionaires are accruing its benefits, and farmers, labourers, the middle class and the poor are struggling with various economic problems,” he said on X. Rahul added that when everyone gets an equal opportunity to move forward, only then will the wheel of the economy move forward.
He claimed that due to demonetisation and GST, the share of manufacturing in the economy has fallen to 13%, the lowest in 50 years. Rahul asked how new jobs will be created in such a situation.