Taking a swipe at Union Minister Piyush Goyal for his comments that maths did not help Albert Einstein discover gravity while speaking on the government's target of USD 5 trillion economy, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said with such ministers around, only God can fix the economy.
The commerce and industry minister was trolled on the Internet on Thursday over an apparent gaffe in explaining that achieving the target of nearly doubling the size of the economy to USD 5 trillion should not be looked through the prism of maths.
In a tweet, Ramesh said, "Yes, Mr. Minister. Einstein did not need maths to discover gravity since Newton already had. Now wait for HRD Minister to say that long before Newton our ancients knew all about gravity (or has he already?) With such ministers, only God can #FixTheEconomy (sic)."
At a meeting of the Board of Trade, Goyal said, "Do not get into the calculations that you see on television...Oh if you are looking at USD 5 trillion economy, the country will have to grow at 12 per cent, today it is growing at 6-7 per cent."
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