Financial year 2019-20 was unprecedented in a number of ways. The economy started slowing down from the first quarter. By the fourth quarter, the disruptions on account of covid-19 had exposed the limitations of conventional financial management tools.
As it is, during the year, economic management in India has depended mostly on monetary rather than fiscal policy. These initiatives essentially have focused on providing cheaper money, with the policy repo rate steadily declining from 6.25% in February 2019 to 4.40% by March 2020.