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Budget 2021: Why this budget should aim to up India’s resilience and competitiveness



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After a year that had a devastating impact on human and economic capital, India is beginning to show signs of recovery. Growth for 2020-21 is likely to be at (-)7.7%, but, RBI’s forecast for growth in the first half of 2021-22 is an optimistic 6.5% to 21.9%. The vaccine rollout has also given hope that economic activity will resume normalcy soon. With this cautious optimism, the expectations from the Budget are for stepping-up the reforms momentum to stimulate growth and build India’s resilience and competitiveness, in line with the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.
Government’s fiscal options are significantly constrained with …

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