Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s comments that GDP growth would be “near zero” this fiscal year paint an unrealistically optimistic picture of the economic outlook and, viewed more cynically, may be a way of justifying the Finance Ministry’s underwhelming response to the COVID-19 crisis. In the absence of sufficient government support, it will continue to fall on the Reserve Bank to do as much as it can to support the economy.
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