Delhi govt has successfully navigated economic challenges posed by COVID-19: Gahlot

New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) The Delhi government's annual Budget for 2023-24 tabled in the assembly on Wednesday showed healthy growth in various parameters indicating recovery of the city's economy from the impact of COVID-19, even as Finance minister Kailash Gahlot highlighted "discrimination" by the Centre in sharing tax revenue with the national capital.

Delhi's economy is now slowly emerging from the economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the minister said. The gross state domestic product (GSDP) is likely to increase from Rs 9,04,642 crore in the year 2021-22 to Rs 10,43,759 crore in 2022-23 at prevailing market prices which an increase of 15.38 per cent, he said.

The real growth rate of Delhi's GSDP in the year 2022-23 is likely to be 9.18 per cent which will be higher than that at the national level pegged at seven per cent, Gahlot said.