Coronavirus will shrink India’s economy in 2020-21, central bank says

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slashed its growth forecast for this financial year and warned of inflation uncertainties as the country’s economy suffers due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

While the country’s GDP growth is set to “remain in the negative territory with some pick up in second half” of the 2020-21 fiscal year, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das did not give any specific figures, citing difficulties in data collection.

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