Rapid economic recovery needed to overcome unemployment: scholar

Widening fiscal deficit a concern, says Pinaki Chakraborty

The crisis caused by COVID-19 had led to effective policy formulation and action by the Centre, State and local bodies, but rising unemployment and inflation would lead to a financial crisis which India could overcome if there was no third wave, said Dr. Pinaki Chakraborty, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Delhi. He was speaking at the K.N. Raj Memorial Lecture on “COVID pandemic and public finance: emerging issues,” organised by the Department of Economics, Central University of Kerala. Plans to ensure subsistence were short-term measures. The solution to unemployment was a rapid recovery of the economy. If there was no third wave, India could overcome this issue, he said.