Washington, November 24: With the world applauding Chinese economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today contrasted it with India’s growth which has been achieved in a democratic society and said he would stick to the Indian path.
“No doubt Chinese growth performance is superior to India’s growth performance. But I always believe that there are other values which are important than the growth of GDP – respect for fundamental human rights, respect for rule of law, respect for multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious rights,” he said during an interaction at the elite US Council for Foreign Relations here.
India’s growth rate, which slowed down to 6.5 per cent this fiscal due to global financial meltdown, is expected to get back to around 9 per cent within two years.
The GDP of China, the world’s third largest economy, witnessed a 9 per cent growth in 2008.
–PTI