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Lockdown decimated economy, says Rajiv Bajaj

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NEW DELHI : Bajaj Auto Ltd managing director Rajiv Bajaj on Thursday termed India’s two-month lockdown a “draconian" measure that decimated its economy, adding only a tenth of the government’s rescue measures for individuals and businesses was direct support.

Bajaj said the harsh yet porous stay-at-home curbs “flattened the wrong curve" of GDP instead of coronavirus infections. The industrialist’s comments were part of a conversation with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, which was streamed online.

Bajaj’s comments are significant as they come amid a broad sentiment in the industry that the stimulus measures should have been more direct rather than relying on bank credit.

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