Govt should continue with stimulus to revive economy for three years: Pranob Sen

08 Oct 2020 Evaluate

The chairman of the Standing Committee on Statistics, ministry of statistics and programme implementation, Pranob Sen has said that the government should continue with the stimulus to revive the economy for three years and it should not be one off. He also said the improvement in economic activity at the moment is due to the pent up demand.

Sen further said ‘what is happening at the moment is due to the pent up demand which has come to the market and has led to certain increase in economic activity.’ He noted that when coronavirus disease (covid-19) pandemic struck India and the lockdown began, there was already a negative momentum in the economy and capacity utilisation had gone down. He stated the government should immediately pay off the dues of the states, beneficiaries of social sector schemes and clean its budget.

Talking about monetization of deficit, he said according to the RBI, the central bank is not in a position to do that. He said a clause was inserted in the RBI Act on monetisation of deficit and the government can only come out with an ordinance to change it. He added that this ordinance will allow RBI to monetize the deficit for a limited period of time, but then there is a fear of rise in inflation.

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