Kolkata: With key UPA ally Trinamool Congress averse to FDI in retail, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the Centre is trying to build a consensus on it and other contentious issues.
"We are working to build a policy consensus on a number of pending issues such as introduction of Goods and Services Tax, further liberalisation of FDI, including in retail, and deepening and strengthening of financial markets for long term investments," he said.
Mukherjee was addressing a programme organised by Global India Foundation here.
On the current global economic crisis, he said the "shocks" the economies suffered were markers of shifting balance in the global scenario, which also presented new opportunities.
"As one of the largest and among the most dynamic emerging economies, India has demonstrated its resilience and capacity to overcome adversities in its development path," he said.
He said the country has survived the crisis without major disruptions and noted that India has recovered its growth momentum much faster than most others.
"The fact that India has not gone through any financial turbulence as a result of the earlier phase of financial deregulation is a testimony to our consistent view that reforms in global standards have to be adapted to local conditions," he said.
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