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IMF cuts India FY21 growth projection to 1.9%

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NEW DELHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed its growth projection for India to 1.9% for financial year 2021 from 5.8% estimated in January, holding that the ‘Great Lockdown’ to combat the covid-19 outbreak will throw the world economy into the worst recession since the Great Depression in 1930s.

The coronavirus pandemic came at a time when India’s economy was already slowing, due to persistent financial sector weaknesses.

The severe disruption to economic activities by the covid-19, both through demand and supply shocks, has overtaken the incipient recovery in the Indian economy leading to massive job losses.

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