Focus on extending Covid help, invest in infra: IMF's Gita Gopinath

Says agri laws have potential to increase farmers' income

Ahead of the annual Budget presentation next week, IMF’s Chief Economist Gita Gopinath has favoured the extension of the pandemic support measures, thrust on investment in infrastructure and expanding health sectors programmes like Ayushman Bharat, and a credible divestment path for commercially viable firms.
 
The government has provided a lot of schemes for small and medium enterprises, most of which is in the form of liquidity support, Gopinath said. “And you want to revisit it and see how effectively that is working and see whether additional support may need to be provided,” she said, while responding to a question