India will sustain growth through more govt capital spending - finance minister

"I look forward to a very good ... growing Indian economy in this year and the next," Nirmala Sitharaman said.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will sustain its high growth rate through more government capital spending, the finance minister said in an interview at  the  Reuters NEXT conference on Wednesday, adding that she saw signs of a pick-up in private investments too.

(Reporting by Ira Duggal and Aftab Ahmed; Editing by Andrew Heavens)