Pranab sticks to 7.2 percent growth in 2009-10

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the International Workshop on Financial Literacy, organized by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in association with Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in Bangalore on Monday. PTI

"I have given some indication in the budget speech and the economic survey. So far as this year is concerned, we are sticking to 7.2 percent GDP (Gross Domestic Product)growth and 8.5 percent for 2010-11," Mukherjee said.

The finance minister was talking to reporters on the margins of a workshop on financial
literacy, organised by the Reserve Bank of India and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international body.