Lauding the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government upon completion of nine years in office, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on May 29 while addressing the media persons in Chandigarh claimed that India will become the 3rd largest economy in the world in the coming years.

“Due to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there has been a lot of progress in the economy of our country. We have reached number 5 in the global economy and we will become the 3rd largest economy in the world in the coming years. Along with that, we are hopeful that we will soon become a developed nation from a developing nation and one of the leading economies of the world,” said MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar.