‘Unimaginable Pain’: Indian Opposition Politician Predicts Economic Tsunami in Six Months

New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s opposition parties have blamed the government for the ongoing economic crisis in the country. In the past few months, most of the global rating agencies have lowered the country’s growth projections amid rising unemployment.

On Tuesday, a senior leader of India’s main opposition party Congress Rahul Gandhi slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government over the state of the economy and said that a tsunami is coming for ordinary citizens.

​The sharp criticism from Rahul Gandhi, who stepped down as president of Congress last year, came against a backdrop of dwindling job opportunities for the 1.2 million young people who are entering the workforce every year.

Data compiled by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), a private firm, claimed that the unemployment rate rose to 7.78 percent in February, its highest since October 2019.

The unemployment situation may worsen further as global rating agencies predict a gloomy scenario for the economy. Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday lowered its growth forecast to 5.3 percent for 2020 against a backdrop of the coronavirus impact. Moody’s in February had projected 5.4 percent real GDP growth for India.

India’s national income growth slipped to a nearly seven-year low of 4.7 percent in October-December 2019 and the Reserve Bank of India on Monday said that it may take steps to support the economy in the coming days.

The Reserve Bank of India will also hold a US dollar- Rupee auction worth $2 billion on 23 March in a move to stabilise the currency.

Sourse: sputniknews.com