Haryana aims to clock 25 per cent GDP growth: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

NEW DELHI: The Haryana government aspires to take its growth in GDP terms to 25 per cent from the present 8 per cent, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said today.

Currently, the GDP of Haryana is 8 per cent and "we are thinking of ways to take it further. Haryana has immense potential. We have the target of taking our GDP to 25 per cent and have started working on it," an official statement quoted Khattar as saying while talking to students of Sri Ram College of Commerce here.

The CM also mentioned that though India today is an emerging economy, yet it has a share of about 2.65 per cent in the world's GDP.

Referring to Haryana, he said the state, despite 2 per cent population of the country, contributes 10 per cent of the soldiers in Indian army and its hard working farmers are pride of the nation.

He added that the share of Haryana in India's GDP is 3.5 per cent which is a big share compared to its area.

Khattar also said that a start-up weekend camp for girls and women will be organised in Kurukshetra University from 26th to 28th February.

The women and girls excelling in this camp will be honored on 8th March in 'Happening Haryana Global Investor's Summit-2016' at Gurgaon, he added.