RPT-WRAPUP 1-India targets domestic demand; concerns on prices
(Repeats story issued late on Tuesday)
By Tony Munroe and Alistair Scrutton
NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - India will focus on driving domestic demand until key developed economies recover and will not exit fiscal stimulus measures until necessary, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
Separately, a central bank deputy governor said India faces a dilemma of needing to contain rising inflation while trying to support growth and managing foreign capital inflows.
"There is a need of generating strong domestic demand until the robust recovery all over the world, particularly the developed world, takes place," Mukherjee told a World Economic Forum event in New Delhi.
To tap domestic demand, which has helped insulate India from the worst of the downturn, Renault (RENA.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), Nissan Motor Co (7201.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and their Indian partner on Tuesday announced plans to make an ultra low-cost car for India's emerging middle class.
Globally, companies and investors are looking to China and India as growth drivers to offset the downturn in established markets.
"The train is leaving the station now. You have to ensure that capacities are coming because India will be taking off, already taken off in terms of the car market," Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan told a media briefing at a World Economic Forum event on Tuesday.
He was one of several corporate officials expressing bullishness about domestic demand in Asia's third largest economy during the three-day event. Continued...
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