India’s economy “is not faltering” as the US leader claimed, the country’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar insists
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has rejected a claim by US President Joe Biden that the South Asian nation’s economy was slowing down because of xenophobia. It has one of the “most pluralistic” societies in the world, the senior New Delhi official also pointed out.
The country’s economy “is not faltering” and it has never had any dislike of foreigners, Jaishankar insisted, during a round table meeting on Friday hosted by the Economic Times newspaper.
In February, New Delhi announced that gross domestic product had grown 8.4% in the most recent October-to-December quarter, making it one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.
“India has been a very unique country… in the history of the world… it’s been a society which has been very open,” the foreign minister said. “Different people of different societies come to India,” he added.
”We’re the most open, most pluralistic, and in many ways the most understanding society in the world,” the diplomat added.
He reminded the group that New Delhi has introduced the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which is intended “to open up doors for people who are in trouble. I think we should be open to people who have the need to come to India, who have a claim to come to India.”
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