New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- India's economic growth can remain strong, but sustaining the momentum will depend on a sharper manufacturing push, faster implementation of reforms and greater capacity to take advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs), Vijay Kalantri, Chairman of MVIRDC World Trade Centre Mumbai, said in an interview with ANI.

He also said India's long-term economic targets remain achievable if the government and industry work together to improve execution and employment generation.

Kalantri said India's 7.8 per cent GDP growth in the first quarter of FY27 reflected the government's methodology for measuring economic activity and pointed to other indicators such as rising GST collections and exports as evidence of underlying grow...