India needs Rs 1,000 lk cr to meet 'Viksit' goals by 2036: SBI chief CS Setty
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Mumbai: India will need ₹1,094 lakh crore to ensure an average annual growth rate of 8-9% by 2036 as per the government's Viksit Bharat plan, State Bank of India chairman CS Setty said. Out of this amount, ₹323 lakh crore has to come from banks while the equity market will have to generate ₹643 lakh crore, Setty said, adding that investors will have to move away from the derivatives markets to spot transactions for more depth and liquidity. "For the first leg of Viksit Bharat that is up to 2036, we envisage a growth rate of at least 8% to 9% on an average. These rates can be achieved if we can increase the investment rate to 35% by 2036 (which is) approximately 200 basis points (2 percentage points) higher than the current levels of 2024. Thus, the domestic savings rates must rise from the present levels by at least 350 basis points to 33.5% so that CAD (current account deficit) stays at around 1.5% of GDP," Setty said in hi...