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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India must enhance fiscal support for COVID-19 relief and rebuilding -Jonathan Coutinho and Amit Basole

India must enhance fiscal support for COVID-19 relief and rebuilding -Jonathan Coutinho and Amit Basole

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published Published on Apr 18, 2020   modified Modified on Jul 22, 2020

-The Hindu

The trend across developing countries is to give State governments as much discretion as possible

India urgently needs to increase fiscal support for COVID-19 relief and rebuilding. Among comparable developing countries with similar Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, India has spent the least as a share of its GDP.

While the Central government has announced measures amounting to 0.8% of GDP, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that State-level relief adds around 0.2%, making the total 1% of GDP. Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam have spent much more.

Things are moving fast. Only a week ago, India was in the same range as Bangladesh and Vietnam. While there are important differences across countries, including historical and political-economic factors, mode of fiscal policy, as well as the extent of COVID-19 spread, a comparison of fiscal responses helps illustrate lessons that can be shared across developing countries. Here, we compare support extended to informal workers, small enterprises and specifically affected sectors. We also look at modes of financing at the national and sub-national levels.

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The Hindu, 18 April, 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-india-must-enhance-fiscal-support-for-covid-19-relief-and-rebuilding/article31373123.ece


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