Former Reserve Bank Governor Bimal Jalan has opined against a fresh fiscal stimulus to boost pandemic-hit economy saying it is more important to spend the amount already committed by the government than to increase the fiscal deficit target again.
Talking on India's current macroeconomic situation, Jalan said the COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse effect on economic activity, but now the Indian economy is on a revival mode. He noted that the expectation is that by 2021, this loss in jobs and the loss in growth would have been made up by the end of 2021. He also said and by 2021-22, if there is no recurrence of a similar COVID-19 crisis in the next few months, then the economy would certainly improve and the rate of growth 2021-22 may be 6-7 percent. But, he said ‘we will have to wait and see that the COVID-19 issue does not recur again.’
Asserting that the government has done a very important job in announcing the policies to boost the pandemic-hit economy, the former RBI Governor said the main issue that India needs to grapple with is implementation of policies. He emphasized that the government has announced some very good policies and the main issue before the government now is to implement, and the implementation has to be done quickly. On inflation, he expects inflation in the next year would also be lower with a good agriculture output.
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