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Economists caution govt over fiscal stimulus, call for RBI rate cut

The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee will meet this week to take a call on the policy rate

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Indivjal Dhasmana New Delhi
Economists have cautioned the government about a fiscal stimulus to revive the economy, whose growth had plunged to a five-year low of 5.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018-19.

They have said if a stimulus is needed it should be different from what was provided in 2008-09, when the economy faced the ripple effects of a global meltdown following the Lehman Brothers collapse. 

Some economists said a stimulus should not be given now.

Arvind Panagariya, former NITI Aayog vice-chairman and professor of economics at Columbia University, said: “Any talk of fiscal stimulus is ill-advised. The government must stay the course on

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