IMF projects impressive 11.5% growth rate for India in 2021

27 Jan 2021 Evaluate

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected an impressive 11.5 percent growth rate for India in 2021, making the country the only major economy of the world to register a double-digit growth in 2021, amidst the coronavirus pandemic. China is next with 8.1% growth in 2021 followed by Spain (5.9%) and France (5.5%).

Revising its figures, the IMF said that the Indian economy is estimated to have contracted by 8% in 2020 due to the pandemic. China is the only major country which registered a positive growth rate of 2.3% in 2020. India’s economy is projected to grow by 6.8% in 2022 and that of China by 5.6%. With the latest projections, India regains the tag of the fastest developing economies of the world.

Early, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva had said that India actually has taken very decisive action, very decisive steps to deal with the pandemic and to deal with the economic consequences of it. She also said that India went for a very dramatic lockdown for a country of this size of population with people clustered so closely together. And then India moved to more targeted restrictions and lockdowns. Commending the steps being taken by the Indian government on the monetary policy and the fiscal policy side, she said it is actually slightly above the average for emerging markets.

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