Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh told Indian industry leaders to prove "the prophets of gloom as wrong". At the Confederation of Indian Industry he defended the country's long-term growth potential despite the current slowdown. The Indian economy expanded just 4.5 per cent in the final quarter of 2012, having approached double-digit growth rates before the global financial crisis.

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