The annual budget of the Government in February was commended by many raised hopes that it would drive a sharp economic revival but now it is under the fear that its promise may fail as it did not account for a crushing second wave of the Covid-19 infections.
The budget had aimed to revive Asia’s third-largest economy by investing in infrastructure and health care. It was relying on the strategy of privatisation and robust tax collections- on the back of projected growth of 10.5 per cent to fund it spending in the economic year.
Finance Minister said that India would not see such a budget in the upcoming 100 years. The massive vaccination drive and a rebound in consumer demands and investment has put the economy on track to recover from its deepest recorded letdown at the current time.
The South Asian country in battling with World’s second highest coronavirus case load after the United States. Many parts of the country has been facing various degrees of lockdown sinking most of the groth projections that the budget was built around, to uncertainty. The extent of the crisis is making the investors question whether India still deserves to cling on to its “investment grade” status.
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