Greater Expectations

Need Of The Hour Increased spending on health and education Improved healthcare and infrastructure Special measures for tourism and manufacturing Reforms for making exports competitive  Shoring up supply chains for vaccine distribution Rural sector reforms  Focus on skill development  *** Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is angry and frustrated. For months, she told people close to her that critics, especially the media, overstated the economic problems, and underplayed the good news. In her mind, the Centre did everything it could to revive growth in this crisis. The results are there for everyone to see. According to her, and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s economy will witness a V-shaped recovery, and be back on the high-growth track by mid-2021. However, some experts aren’t sure. They feel that while a few sectors can bounce back...