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Low govt spending the main impediment to real economic stimulus in India

Even with a 68% jump in long-term market loans, Centre hasn't been able to raise govt spending remarkably; quality of expenditure has suffered too, with capex 2% lower than last year

reforms, economy, growth,policy, manufacturing, budget, fiscal, stimulus, deficit
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In the nine long months of the coronavirus pandemic to date, action has happened on both the fiscal and monetary fronts.

Abhishek Waghmare Pune
Investopedia, an online encyclopaedia of economics and finance, says this about stimulus, citing the work of the legendary economist John Maynard Keynes: 

“Fiscal stimulus refers to policy measures undertaken by a government that typically reduce taxes or regulations—or increase government spending—in order to boost economic activity.”

“Monetary stimulus, on the other hand, refers to central bank actions, such as lowering interest rates or purchasing securities in the market, in order to make it easier or cheaper to borrow and invest.”

Finally, “Economic stimulus is action by the government to encourage private sector economic activity by engaging in targeted, expansionary monetary

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