Consider the following statements:
1. India has never witnessed negative GDP growth rate year since Independence.
2. India has never seen an export surplus year since Independence.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor2
India had an export surplus only during two years since Independence. [1971-72 (Export surplus of Rs. 104 crores) and 1976-77 (Export surplus of Rs. 68 crores)]. Apart from these two years India has always experienced imports higher than exports. The instance of negative growth in India was in 1979.
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