Saving lives came first: Economic Survey establishes how India’s lockdown controlled Covid and will help in a V-shaped recovery

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Saving lives came first: Economic Survey establishes how India’s lockdown controlled Covid and will help in a V-shaped recovery
By Krishnamurthy Subramanian, TOI Contributor
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​The response drew on epidemiological and economic research, especially those pertaining to the Spanish Flu, which highlighted that an early, intense lockdown provided a win-win strategy to save lives, and preserve livelihoods via economic recovery in the medium to long term.