NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the need to gradually bring the battered economy back to life after a crippling coronavirus lockdown in his meeting with the state chief ministers on Monday.
This comes in the backdrop of many states arguing that lifting restrictions too soon could risk a deadly resurgence. “We have to give importance to the economy as well as continue the fight against covid-19," Modi said on Monday in a video conference with chief ministers as the 40-day nationwide lockdown neared an end.
Modi’s decision to refocus on the economy after imposing one of the strictest lockdowns in the world comes amid joblessness surging to 23.4% in the week ended 5 April, according to a Centre for Monitoring Indian
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