Finance minister says time for action to fix economy

India needs to act now to fix the health of its economy, which is facing a challenging time, Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: India needs to act now to fix the health of its economy, which is facing a challenging time, Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday.

Jaitley further said Finance Ministry is a challenging job in view of the economic slowdown in the last two years.

Asia`s third-largest economy has been growing below 5 percent for the past two years, the longest spell of sub-par growth since the 1980s.

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