<span style="color: #222222;">Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today held 8th Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting with the leading Economists in New Delhi today in connection with the forthcoming General Budget 2020-21.<br />'' <br />'' The main areas of the discussions included steps needed to achieve five trillion dollar economy, job-oriented growth, transparency of fiscal arithmetic, Government's fiscal prudence and inflation targeting among others.<br />'' <br />'' Finance Ministry in a statement said, the Economists were optimistic about India's growth story and put forward ways through which country can achieve the goal of five-trillion economy. Among the key suggestions were to attract more investment to support growth, streamlining policy matters and faster resolution of policy issues in all sectors.<br />''<br />''Finance Secretary, Rajeev Kumar and  Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty among those attended the meeting.</span>