Pak economy grows 3.94% with V-shaped recovery
Islamabad
11-June-2021
Pakistan's V-shaped economic recovery on the back of broad-based growth across all sectors has enabled it to witness a 3.94 per cent growth during the first nine months of FY21 (July 2020-March 2021).
The economic survey is an annual report on the performance of the economy, focusing in particular on major macroeconomic indicators.
The survey said that manufacturing has witnessed broad-based growth as major sectors of large-scale manufacturing including textile, food beverages and tobacco, non-metallic mineral products and automobile have shown significant improvement, due to which the first nine months of FY21 recorded the highest period-wise growth of 8.99 per cent since 2007.
Tax collection of the Federal Board of Revenue also witnessed a significant growth of around 18 per cent during July-May FY21 owing to the revival of domestic economic activity and ongoing comprehensive tax policy and administrative reforms, it added.
Shedding light on the impact of Covid-19 on the economy, the survey said that the economy was recovering from macroeconomic imbalances before 2020, but the pandemic slowed down the pace which was recovered initially and the advent of the second and third wave brought significant challenges which were met by the timely prudent policies.
The finance minister showed resolve to further grow the economy after its recovery from the pandemic-stricken FY20 by taking measures to uplift agricultural and industrial sectors, and widening the tax net by bringing reforms in the Federal Board of Revenue.-IANS
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