Indian leaders on Thursday reiterated that the country's growth story remains intact even as the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum 2014 meet appeared to be curious about the outcome of upcoming polls especially with advent of Aam Aadmi Party.

Asserting that reform measures and fast-tracking of the decision making process have yielded results, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said India would certainly return to 8 per cent growth rate if past mistakes are not repeated.

Campaigners at the World Economic Forum on Thursday handed clothing giant Gap and Russian oil major Gazprom their annual Public Eye shame awards for what they said were lax factory safety standards and Arctic drilling.