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Govt may need extra Rs 4-5 lakh crore to support economy hit hard by coronavirus pandemic: Garg

08 Apr 2020 Evaluate

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has said that the government may need to borrow 2-2.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or about Rs 4-5 lakh crore additionally for supporting people and businesses hit hard by 21-day nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. He said it seems necessary and advisable that the government borrow this directly from the RBI instead of borrowing from the market. He added that the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act should be amended to enable this. 

Garg has stated that the government plans to borrow Rs 7.8 lakh crore for the current fiscal (FY21) from the market and contain fiscal deficit at 3.5 percent of the GDP. Of this, he said the government decided to borrow Rs 4.88 lakh crore during the first half of FY21. Observing that the unconventional solutions are needed for the unprecedented times, he said the government should make a departure from the past to help the businesses, especially the small and own-account businesses that are likely to fold up if not helped with grant support.

Former finance secretary further said that the government should support the small and self-employed businesses by an estimated amount of Rs 2 lakh crore. He said if the phasing out of the lockdown continues to make some of these businesses inoperative, the fiscal package should build in an additional provision to cover that up as well.  He also suggested that the economic lockdown should be phased out by lifting it up from the vast rural areas and the cities which have no incidence of COVID-19 spread to undertake all economic activities regulating their interactions with outsiders under a safe protocol and subject to taking up certain additional precautions to eliminate the risk of spread.

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