Will the Modi govt's 'second push' get it right on the economy?

From an economic standpoint, the success of the Modi govt's recent policy and legislative action would depend more on interlocking process changes than on one-time announcements, writes T N Ninan

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T N Ninan 

T N Ninan

After seven long months, the news cycle has at last turned positive. The daily tally on Covid-19 infections has started declining, with a sharper fall in the total number of active cases. The daily death toll too has shown a dip.

This change of trend on the pandemic has meant that the drastic, overnight shutdown that set off massive economic disruption and much human suffering is getting ever more limited in scope. More people are up and about. Economic activity is recovering in segments, some in comparison with the previous month or quarter and a few even in comparison with a year earlier. ...

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First Published: Fri, October 09 2020. 19:20 IST
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