Improve infra to become part of global supply chains: IMF's Ranil Salgado

The economic impact of Covid-19 is expected to be substantial, but recovery should take hold once the virus has been contained, says Salgado

Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) foreign exchange reserves are enough to serve as a buffer amid a Covid-19 slowdown, but the country needs to walk a long way before it can take advantage of attracting some of the global supply chains that is expected to move out of China after the pandemic, says Ranil Salgado, India Mission Chief at the International Monetary Fund in an interview with Anup Roy and Indivjal Dhasmana:   

With Covid-19 causing a global recession, will India still be the bright spot in the world that IMF generally describes the country as?

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