budget will be increased from its current 30 trillion rupees ($407 billion) when new spending plans are announced Feb. 1, according to people familiar with discussions, who asked not to be identified as the information isn’t public and subject to change.Also Read | Ten books from 2020 you must not missThe developments will give a boost to much-needed spending to help weather the hit from the coronavirus pandemic.
Government expenditures have barely hit the half way mark seven months into the fiscal year, which started April.Government spending is key to staving off a prolonged crisis in the nation that’s home to the world’s second-largest coronavirus outbreak.