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Economy set to grow 8.5 pct in 2010/11 - PM
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India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives for the opening plenary session of the G20 Summit at COEX convention center in Seoul, South Korea. AP
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives for the opening plenary session of the G20 Summit at COEX convention center in Seoul, South Korea. AP

"However, high unemployment in industrialised countries threatens a revival of protectionist sentiment, especially since the use of conventional monetary and fiscal tools to revive the economy has been exhausted," he said in a speech at the plenary session of the G20 summit in Seoul.

India's economy grew 9 percent in each of the four years prior to the economic crisis but slowed to 6.7 percent growth in 2008/09.

"Uncertainty about the prospects of inudstrialised countries affects the investment climate and dampens the medium-term growtn prospects of emerging market countries," Singh said.

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(Published 12 November 2010, 08:28 IST)